Book Review: Analysis and Simulation of Multiport Systems (The Bond Graph Approach to Physical System Dynamics)

This text is directed towards the non-specialist who wishes to understand the fundamental concepts of classical control theory. A simplified mathematical treatment is adopted and numerous worked examples are given throughout. System design methods covered include Bode diagram, Nichols chart and root locus techniques. The important subject of system stability is, however, poorly treated and the Nyquist criterion is not even mentioned.