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- From: goh@bode.usc.edu (K.C.Goh)
- Newsgroups: sci.engr.control
- Subject: Re: Linear Systems Text
- Date: 7 Jan 1993 10:04:32 -0800
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- In article <C0G6qt.81u@ecf.toronto.edu> rairan@ecf.toronto.edu (RAI Ranjan) writes:
- >Hello. I like to get some feedback ;) on what people think of the text
- >Linear System Theory by Frank Callier and C. Desoer. I have just started
- >a Intro. to Linear Systems course, and there is no required textbook for the
- >class. The professor mentioned that this book might be good as a supplement
- >to his lectures.
- >
- >So do people think it's worth the $75 Cdn., or do you think there is
- >some better (and cheaper) text out there I should be aware of?
- >
-
- Some very personal opinions :
-
- Callier & Desoer 1991 My favorite. Very good treatment but you need
- to have a passable Math background.
- e.g. They use operator theory to introduce
- controllability etc. Certainly recommended
- if you are looking for an up to date serious
- reference text.
-
- Kailath 1980 Its supposed to be good but I find it very
- disorganized and hard to read. Good treatment
- of the transfer function approach but the state
- space stuff is disorganized. Also very little stuff
- on time varying systems. Might be dated.
-
- C.T. Chen 1984 Introduction at a basic level, with comprehensive
- state space treatment. May be a bit dated.
- Certainly a bit boring.
-
- Brogan, Skelton etc. I've only quickly glanced at these, but be on your
- guard against buying textbooks which are geared
- too much to the undergrad level.
-
- Let me say it again, the preceding stuff is all IMHO !
-
- >By the way, I have completed the usual systems and signal analysis courses,
- >a course in classical control theory, in which we we used "Feedback and
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >Control Theory" by Doyle, Francis and Tannenbaum as the text, and my math
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >background is sufficient. Also, I plan on doing control stuff in grad
- >school.
- >
-
- You seem to have a very solid background. I'd take your professor's
- advice. U of T : Is your prof B. Francis ?
-
- >Many thanks for your help.
- >--
- >Ranjan Rai <rairan@ecf.toronto.edu>
- >Engineering Science 9T3 <rr@odin.control.toronto.edu>
- >University of Toronto
-
- Thanks for the chance to ramble.
-
- Regards,
-
- K. C. Goh
-
-