Block diagrams and signal-flow graphs are used to represent and to obtain the transfer function of interconnected systems. The reduction of signal-flow graphs is considered simpler than the reduction ...

Block diagram and signal flow graph models, transfer functions of linear systems. Introduction to state-space models. Feedback control system characteristics, stability and Routh-Hurwitz criteria, the ...

Transfer functions of linear systems, block diagrams and signal flow graphs. Sensitivity, control of transient response, disturbance signals. Time domain performance: steady state errors, performance ...