Book Review: Optimization in Control Theory and Practice

The publication of this second edition, which has entailed numerous changes from the first edition, is therefore considered very welcome. This edition reviews all the possible aspects appertaining to power cables and includes comprehensive chapters on items such as design criteria, data and calculations, manufacturing processes, installation, maintenance, location ofcable faults and also the future trends in power cables. Although the majority of the text is Centred on a.c. cables, one section is devoted entirely to d.c, cables. However it is only recently that any great interest has been shown in this country in using d.c. cables and it is likely that the design and construction of these will be based on designs similar to a,c, cables for at least the foreseeable future. As the author indicates, it would be an impossible task to include all the available information regarding the theoretical and practical problems associated with power cables. To'alleviate this problem the author has included a list of several hundred references from which the reader may obtain more detail of the points raised and discussed by the author.