CHAPTER 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL
1.1 Introduction to Process Control
1.2 What is Feedback and What are Its Effects?
1.3 Stability of Closed-Loop Control Systems
1.4 The Design Process of Control System
1.5 Controller Tuning
CHAPTER 2 MEASUREMENTS AND ACTUATORS
2.1 Pressure Measurements
2.2 Level Measurements
2.3 Flow Measurements
2.4 Temperature Measurement
2.5 Actuators
CHAPTER 3 ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEMS
3.1 Feedforward and Ratio Control
3.2 Time-Delay Compensation and Inferential Control
3.3 Adaptive Control Systems
3.4 Model Based Predictive Control
3.5 Supervisory Control Systems
CHAPTER 4 COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS
4.1 Fundamentals of Computer Control
4.2 Computer Control System Architecture
4.3 Programmable Controllers
4.4 Distributed Control System (DCS)
4.5 Computer Control System Communications(1)
CHAPTER 5 AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
5.1 Mathematical Modeling of Physical Systems
5.2 DC Motors in Control Systems
5.3 Sun-Seeker System
5.4 Modern Power Systems
5.5 Introduction to Industrial Robots
CHAPTER 6 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS
6.1 Artificial Intelligence Techniques
6.2 Use Neural Networks for Problem Solving
6.3 Applications of Fuzzy Logic
6.4 Expert systems
6.5 AI in Process Control
APPENDIXES
Appendix 1 Sources of Information in Automatic Control
Appendix 2 总词汇表 (INDEX)
REFERENCES