LEADER 02044nam 22003613a 450 001 9910832988403321 005 20250123132213.0 035 $a(CKB)4950000000290330 035 $a(ScCtBLL)f37731c2-0f8d-4d57-995c-8159a76dc916 035 $a(OCoLC)1000337035 035 $a(EXLCZ)994950000000290330 100 $a20250123i00062016 uu 101 0 $aeng 135 $auru|||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aMultiple-Input Describing Functions and Nonlinear System Design$fArthur Gelb, Wallace E. Vander Velde 210 1$a[s.l.] :$cMcGraw-Hill Book Company,$d0006. 215 $a1 online resource (661 p.) 330 $aThe practicing control engineer should find the book valuable as a complete reference work in the subject area. If his background in mathematics is not sufficient to enable him to follow the theoretical development of ~ h a ~ t e rc.o1mfort- ably, he can omit that chapter and will still find a complete presentation in every chapter except Chapters Seven and Eight, based on the physically motivated concept of harmonic analysis of the nonlinearity output. Chapter Seven, which includes random processes at the nonlinearity input, requires a statistical approach. But this too reduces to a rather simple matter in the very important class of problems involving static single-valued nonlinearities. Chapter Eight treats transient responses by related forms of quasi-linearization which are developed completely within that chapter. Thus it is hoped that every control engineer will find the principal ideas presented in a manner which is meaningful and appealing to him. 606 $aScience$2bisacsh 606 $aScience 615 7$aScience 615 0$aScience. 700 $aGelb$b Arthur$013687 702 $aVander Velde$b Wallace E 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910832988403321 996 $aMultiple-Input Describing Functions and Nonlinear System Design$94319616 997 $aUNINA