The book offers the material with minimal mathematical background, making it relevant to a wide audience. Familiarity withthe theoretical tools reported in the control systems literature is not necessary to understand the concepts contained within.You'll learn abouta wide range of concepts, including disturbance rejection via PID control, PID control of mechanical systems,and Lyapunov stability of PID controllers.
Readers will also benefit from the inclusion of:

• A thorough introduction toa class of physical systems described in the port-Hamiltonian formand a presentation of the systematic procedures to design PID-PBC for them
  
• An exploration ofthe applications to electrical, electromechanical, and process control systems ofLyapunov stability of PID controllers
  
• Practical discussions ofthe regulation and tracking of bilinear systems via PID control andtheir application to power electronics and thermal process control
  
• A concise treatment ofthe characterization of passive outputs, incremental models, and Port Hamiltonian and Euler-Lagrange systems
  

Perfect forsenior undergraduate and graduate studentsstudying control systems,PID Passivity-Based Controlwill also earn a place in the libraries ofengineers who practice in this area and seek a one-stopand fully updatedreferenceon the subject.