A Web-based tool for control engineering teaching

Computer Applications in Engineering Education

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 178-187

  Albino Mendez J ^a   Lorenzo, César ^a   Acosta, Leopoldo ^a   Torres, Santiago ^a   González, Evelio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Control engineering; Educational tool; Java; Teaching technologies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; TEACHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

CONTROL ENGINEERING; EDUCATIONAL TOOL; JAVA APPLETS; TEACHING TECHNOLOGIES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 33750060483     PISSN: 10613773     EISSN: 10990542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cae.20080     Document Type: Article

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