This well-known book is an introduction to the field of digital, sampled-data control. It treats the field in depth and can be used for courses and for self study. The second edition has been completely revised and expanded with new results. The work now appears in two volumes, with Volume 2 to be published in 1989. The volumes form a unit and take the reader systematically from fundamentals to problems of real applications. The work is directed towards students of electrical and mechanical engineering, computer science (especially with a specialization on automation and control engineering), and other fields like biology, economics, space mathematics and physics. It is also directed to engineers and scientists concerned with solving concrete problems. 1 Introduction.- A Fundamentals.- 2 Control with Digital Computers (Process Computers, Microcomputers).- 3 Fundamentals of Linear Sampled-data Systems (Discrete-time Systems).- B Control-Systems for Deterministic Disturbances.- 4 Deterministic Control Systems.- 5 Parameter-optimized Controllers.- 6 General Linear Controllers and Cancellation Controllers.- 7 Controllers for Finite Settling Time.- 8 State Controller and State Observers.- 9 Controllers for Processes with Large Deadtime.- 10 Sensitivity and Robustness with Constant Controllers.- 11 Comparison of Different Controllers for Deterministic Disturbances.- Appendix A.- A1 Tables of z-Transforms and Laplace-Transforms.- A2 Table of Some Transfer Elements with Continuous and Sampled Systems.- A3 Test Processes for Simulation.- A4 On the Differentiation of Vectors and Matrices.- Appendix B.- Problems.- Appendix C.- Results of the Problems.- References. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Isermann leitet das Fachgebiet Regelungstechnik und Prozessautomatisierung im Institut für Automatisierungstechnik der TU Darmstadt. Seine Arbeit für die Mechatronik wurde mit dem Top Ten Award des renommierten MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology ) ausgezeichnet.
