* Chapter 1: State-space theory * Chapter 2: Complex variable methods in feedback systems analysis and design * Chapter 3: Robustness in variable control systems design * Chapter 4: A design study using the characteristic locus method * Chapter 5: The inverse Nyquist array design method * Chapter 6: Analysis and design of a nuclear boiler control scheme * Chapter 7: Optimal control * Chapter 8: Control system design via mathematical programming * Chapter 9: Optimisation in multivariable design * Chapter 10: Pole assignment * Chapter 11: Nonlinear systems * Chapter 12: Some DDC system design procedures * Chapter 13: Robust controller design * Chapter 14: Control of distributed parameter systems * Chapter 15: Decentralised control