MATLAB

MATLAB is a programming tool that is commonly used in the field of control engineering. We will not consider MATLAB in the main narrative of this book, but we will provide an appendix that will show how MATLAB is used to solve control problems, and design and model control systems. This appendix can be found at: Control Systems/MATLAB. For more information on MATLAB in general, see: MATLAB Programming Nearly all textbooks on the subject of control systems, linear systems, and system analysis will use MATLAB as an integral part of the text. Students who are learning this subject at an accredited university will certainly have seen this material in their textbooks, and are likely to have had MATLAB work as part of their classes. It is from this perspective that the MATLAB appendix is written. There are a number of other software tools that are useful in the analysis and design of control systems. Additional information can be added in the appendix of this book, depending on the experiance and prior knowledge of contributors.