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In article <C0G6qt.81u@ecf.toronto.edu> rairan@ecf.toronto.edu (RAI Ranjan) writes:
>Hello.  I like to get some feedback ;) on what people think of the text 
>Linear System Theory by Frank Callier and C. Desoer.  I have just started
>a Intro. to Linear Systems course, and there is no required textbook for the 
>class.  The professor mentioned that this book might be good as a supplement
>to his lectures.  
>
>So do people think it's worth the $75 Cdn., or do you think there is 
>some better (and cheaper) text out there I should be aware of?
>

Some very personal opinions :

Callier & Desoer 1991	My favorite. Very good treatment but you need 
			to have a passable Math background.
			e.g. They use operator theory to introduce
			controllability etc.  Certainly recommended
			if you are looking for an up to date serious
			reference text.

Kailath	1980		Its supposed to be good but I find it very
			disorganized and hard to read. Good treatment
			of the transfer function approach but the state
			space stuff is disorganized.  Also very little stuff
			on time varying systems.  Might be dated.

C.T. Chen 1984		Introduction at a basic level, with comprehensive
			state space treatment.  May be a bit dated.
			Certainly a bit boring.

Brogan, Skelton etc.	I've only quickly glanced at these, but be on your
			guard against buying textbooks which are geared
			too much to the undergrad level.

Let me say it again, the preceding stuff is all IMHO !

>By the way, I have completed the usual systems and signal analysis courses,
>a course in classical control theory, in which we we used "Feedback and 
                                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Control Theory" by Doyle, Francis and Tannenbaum as the text, and my math
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>background is sufficient.  Also, I plan on doing control stuff in grad
>school.
>

You seem to have a very solid background. I'd take your professor's
advice.  U of T : Is your prof B. Francis ?

>Many thanks for your help. 
>-- 
>Ranjan Rai                             <rairan@ecf.toronto.edu> 
>Engineering Science 9T3                <rr@odin.control.toronto.edu> 
>University of Toronto                    

Thanks for the chance to ramble.

Regards,

K. C. Goh