**Meet the editor**

Dr Rames C Panda obtained his BTech degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, in 1987. He received his Masters before completing his PhD in Instrumentation and Process Control from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, in 1994. He joined CLRI as a scientist and was involved in making the manual unit operations of wet processing of leather to automatic. He provid-

ed solutions to many engineering problems related to instrumentation through consultancy. He has conducted much sponsored research, and has guided undergraduates and postgraduates towards their masters and doctoral degrees. He has also worked in many countries (Germany, Taiwan, and Australia) in various capacities and positions. He has written a number of research publications and book chapters on modeling and control topics, and he has received many awards.

Contents

**Preface IX** 

Ilan Rusnak

**Part 2 Tuning Criteria 49** 

Damir Vrančić

**Part 1 The Theory of PID Controllers** 

Chapter 2 **Family of the PID Controllers 31** 

Chapter 4 **Magnitude Optimum Techniques for PID Controllers 75** 

**Part 3 Multivariable Systems – Automatic Tuning and Adaptation 103** 

Chapter 5 **Identification and Control of Multivariable** 

Rames C. Panda and V. Sujatha

**Part 4 Intelligent PID Control 169** 

Chapter 7 **Tuning Fuzzy PID Controllers 171**  Constantin Volosencu

**Systems – Role of Relay Feedback 105** 

Chapter 6 **Robust Decentralized PID Controller Design 133**  Danica Rosinová and Alena Kozáková

**and Their Design Methods 1** 

Štefan Bucz and Alena Kozáková

Chapter 3 **PID-Like Controller Tuning for Second-Order Unstable Dead-Time Processes 51** 

G.D. Pasgianos, K.G. Arvanitis and A.K. Boglou

Chapter 1 **PID Controller Design for Specified Performance 3** 
