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Introduction
What Is the Control System Toolbox?
MATLAB® has a rich collection of functions immediately useful to the control
engineer or system theorist. Complex arithmetic, eigenvalues, root-finding,
matrix inversion, and FFTs are just a few examples of MATLAB’s important
numerical tools. More generally, MATLAB’s linear algebra, matrix
computation, and numerical analysis capabilities provide a reliable foundation
for control system engineering as well as many other disciplines.
The Control System Toolbox builds on the foundations of MATLAB to provide
functions designed for control engineering. The Control System Toolbox is a
collection of algorithms, written mostly as M-files, that implements common
control system design, analysis, and modeling techniques. Convenient
graphical user interfaces (GUI’s) simplify typical control engineering tasks.
Control systems can be modeled as transfer functions, in zero-pole-gain, or
state-space form, allowing you to use both classical and modern control
techniques. You can manipulate both continuous-time and discrete-time
systems. Conversions between various model representations are provided.
Time responses, frequency responses, and root loci can be computed and
graphed. Other functions allow pole placement, optimal control, and
estimation. Finally, the Control System Toolbox is open and extensible. You
can create custom M-files to suit your particular application.
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