CHAPTER 1　FUNDAMENTALS OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL 1
1.1　Introduction to Process Control 1
1.2　What is Feedback and What are Its Effects? 12
1.3　Stability of Closed-Loop Control Systems 23
1.4　The Design Process of Control System 33
1.5　Controller Tuning 45

CHAPTER 2 MEASUREMENTS AND ACTUATORS 57
2.1 Pressure Measurements 57
2.2 Level Measurements 66
2.3 Flow Measurements 74
2.4 Temperature Measurement 82
2.5 Actuators 90

CHAPTER 3 ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEMS 98
3.1 Feedforward and Ratio Control 98
3.2　Time-Delay Compensation and Inferential Control 107
3.3　Adaptive Control Systems 115
3.4　Model Based Predictive Control 125
3.5　Supervisory Control Systems 133

CHAPTER 4 COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS 138
4.1 Fundamentals of Computer Control 138
4.2 Computer Control System Architecture 148
4.3 Programmable Controllers 158
4.4 Distributed Control System (DCS) 167
4.5 Computer Control System Communications(1) 178

CHAPTER 5　AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEMS 188
5.1 Mathematical Modeling of Physical Systems 188
5.2 DC Motors in Control Systems 197
5.3 Sun-Seeker System 204
5.4　Modern Power Systems 213
5.5　Introduction to Industrial Robots 226

CHAPTER 6 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS 237
6.1　Artificial Intelligence Techniques 237
6.2　Use Neural Networks for Problem Solving 242
6.3　Applications of Fuzzy Logic 249
6.4　Expert systems 254
6.5　AI in Process Control 258

APPENDIXES 264
Appendix 1　Sources of Information in Automatic Control 264
Appendix 2　总词汇表 (INDEX) 268

REFERENCES 285