************************************************************ References on control and system theory for someone who has not read about it before. The books are available in my CWI office and can be brought to the VU on a Friday if so requested. First reading 1. David G. Luenberger, Introduction to dynamic systems, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1979. (The book is at the third year level for engineers. The necessary mathematics of linear algebra and differential equations is included in the book.) Advised reading for a first round: Chapters 1-6, 8, 9, and 11. 2. N.H. McClamroch, State models of dynamic systems - A case study approach. Springer, New York, 1980. (The book contains only examples, no theory. This may be useful for a beginner.) 3. Eduardo D. Sontag, Mathematical control theory - Deterministic finite-dimensional systems (2nd Ed.), Springer, New York, 1998. (The level of this book is advanced, first year Ph.D. level in mathematics. For a first reading I recommend the chapters 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7. 4. Abraham Berman, Michael Neumann, Ronald J. Stern, Nonnegative systems in dynamic systems, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1989. (This book deals with positive systems which frequently occur in biological modeling. The level is somewhat mathematical, about the master level in mathematics. The readability of the book is good but it is not very well written. There is no better book in this rather small area of control and system theory.) Contact me for more specific references. ============================================================= Jan H. van Schuppen Mo-Th Phone +31 20 592 4085 CWI Fridays Phone +31 20 444 7683 P.O. Box 94079 CWI Fax +31 20 592 4199 1090 GB Amsterdam VU Fax +31 20 444 7653 The Netherlands E-mail J.H.van.Schuppen@cwi.nl CWI Office Room 238 JH.van.Schuppen@few.vu.nl VU Office Room R2.50a URL http://www.cwi.nl/~schuppen ============================================================= **************************************************************