This is the first practical treatment of the design and application
of feedback control of computing systems. MATLAB files for the
solution of problems and case studies accompany the text
throughout. The book discusses information technology examples,
such as maximizing the efficiency of Lotus Notes.
This book results from the authors’ research into the use of
control theory to model and control computing systems. This has
important implications to the way engineers and researchers
approach different resource management problems. This guide is well
suited for professionals and researchers in information technology
and computer science.
Innehållsförteckning
Preface.
PART I: BACKGROUND.
1. Introduction and Overview.
PART II: SYSTEM MODELING.
2. Model Construction.
3. Z-Transforms and Transfer Functions.
4. System Modeling with Block Diagrams.
5. First-Order Systems.
6. Higher-Order Systems.
7. State-Space Models.
PART III: CONTROL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN.
8. Proportional Control.
9. PID Controllers.
10. State-Space Feedback Control.
11. Advanced Topics.
Appendix A: Mathematical Notation.
Appendix B: Acronyms.
Appendix C: Key Results.
Appendix D: Essentials of Linear Algebra.
Appendix E: MATLAB Basics.
References.
Index.
Om författaren
JOSEPH L. HELLERSTEIN, YIXIN DIAO, and SUJAY PAREKH are researchers
at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Hawthorne, New York.
They are also adjunct professors at Columbia University, where they
are using this book to teach a class on feedback control to
computer science students.
DAWN M. TILBURY is Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
at the University of Michigan.