Required:

Digital Control System Analysis and Design, 3rd/ed,

 by Charles L. Phillips, (Emeritus) Auburn University
 and Troy H. Nagle, North Carolina State University

Published November, 1994 by Prentice Hall Engineering, Science &
Math; Copyright 1995, 704 pp.; Cloth; ISBN 0-13-309832-X.

Optional:

This course will make heavy use of computer simulation of control systems. Use of MATLAB program is suggested for computer work. Students may purchase MATLAB to run on their home computers, or use MATLAB on the computer facilities in the CAE center in Kohrman Hall on the WMU campus. The first textbook comes with a disk containing the MATLAB software. The second text book is a tutorial on using MATLAB for control system design. These textbooks are optional.
 

Student Edition of MATLAB, Version 4 for
Microsoft Windows (Book/Disk Package), 1st/ed

 by Mathworks Inc.

Published February, 1995 by Prentice Hall Engineering, Science &
Math; Copyright 1995, 848 pp.; Paper Bound with Disk; ISBN 0-13-184995-6.

Control System Design Using MATLAB, 1/e

 by Bahram Shahian
 and Michael Hassul, California State University, Long Beach

Published May, 1994 by Prentice Hall Engineering, Science & Math ; Copyright 1993, 528 pp.; Paper; ISBN 0-13-174061-X.

Student Edition of MATLAB Version 5 for Windows, 1/e

  by MathWorks Inc.,

Published April, 1997 by Prentice Hall Engineering, Science & Math
Copyright 1997, 544 pp., Paper, ISBN 0-13-272477-4, For Windows 95/NT, CD-ROM included.