Education: A high school-level course in feedback control - A Matlab-based introduction requiring only algebra and trigonometry

IEEE Control Systems Magazine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 79-89

  Cortés, Jorge ^a   Dunbar, William B ^a  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; CONTROL SYSTEM STABILITY; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; CURRICULA; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; MATLAB; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

INTRODUCTORY COURSE; TRIGONOMETRY;

FEEDBACK CONTROL;

EID: 34249898627     PISSN: 02721708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCS.2007.365005     Document Type: Article

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