Adaptive Control: Second Edition (Dover Books on Electrical Engineering)

Enjoyable read. Having just completed my bachelor's, this book is in the adjacent possible of books I should read to continue my education. The book is an easy read and doesn't feel like a chore at all. Topic progression is well laid out. I've only touched upon the first 3 chapters in any detail but, skimming through the rest, the book seems to be very very useful.A note about one of the reviewers saying it lacks rigor: that may be true in some sense. Maybe that's why I like it to be read. But I find, that, if you're trying to get intuition about a subject (i.e., understand it in the first place), some of the details (rigor) just get in the way. This books is presented in a manner Einstein would embrace - "Make things as simple as possible but no simpler."Also - I have this book and Stable Adaptive Systems by Narendra, which is a much harsher read. This book has bigger font, clearer presentation of each topic, and is a better overall book in my opinion.

This book is useful for practising engineers in industry. It has a good selection of concrete examples that are accompanied by graphs. This makes an appealing combination. The book is very nicely laid out and is a pleasure to read. I showed this book to a colleague who also greeted it with enthusiasm. Busy engineers have limited time to devote to learning in depth new aspects of subjects relevant to their field. However, they can benefit from even a limited grasp of the contents of books of this type because such books often give engineers ideas for solving their practical, and sometimes pressing, problems.

Pros: A unique valuable collection of the adaptive control related topics. Includes good examples.Cons: Confusing and inconsistent notations (inconsistent through the book as well as inconsistent with the notation used in classical control).

Too many formatting errors in the kindle version. Unless you are an expert in the subject matter you will be rather frustrated trying to understand the equations when symbols are constantly misprinted. I have not seen the paper copy of this book, so the errors may be confined to the digital version.

Well-known book in control engineering. Good teaching and self-learning material for graduate students.

great book!

Good book in adaptative control!

it is one of the major reference in the field of adaptive control.however, I think it can be much better if a wider perspective in other areas like practical applications, instead of only relying on the heavy statistical side of the book. Also, if some MATLAB codes accompany each theory for simulation or practical applications, that would have been a big plus.

A comprehensive and very readable text book on adaptive control. OK, so it was written at the time when adaptive control was quite new, but it still stands as a must have for control engineers because of all the fundamentals, which are still important today that are covered in such a careful and easy-to-understand way. It fits very well with undergraduate courses on control theory and I recommend it very highly.

É uma ótima referência introdutória ao assunto.

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excellent book. Timely Delivery

As the title says.