Modern Control Engineering, 4th Edition
Ogata, Katsuhiko
Prentice Hall
ISBN: 0-13-030907-2

Additional Textbooks

Modeling, Analysis, and Control of Dynamic Systems, 2nd Edition
Palm III, William J.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
ISBN: 0-471-07370-9

System Dynamics
Ogata, Katsuhiko
Prentice-Hall, Inc.
ISBN: 0-13-880385-4
Notes:  This text is gives a good background for the material covered this semester.  It discusses modeling and its intricacies in more depth.

Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems
Franklin, Gene F., Powell, J. David, and Emami-Naeini, A.
Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-11540-9
Notes:  This text is difficult to read, but is a good reference to our book.

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