CHAPTER 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF AUTOMATIC CONTROL 1.1 Introduction to Process Control 1.2 What is Feedback and What are Its Effects? 1.3 Stability of Closed-Loop Control Systems 1.4 The Design Process of Control System 1.5 Controller Tuning CHAPTER 2 MEASUREMENTS AND ACTUATORS 2.1 Pressure Measurements 2.2 Level Measurements 2.3 Flow Measurements 2.4 Temperature Measurement 2.5 Actuators CHAPTER 3 ADVANCED CONTROL SYSTEMS 3.1 Feedforward and Ratio Control 3.2 Time-Delay Compensation and Inferential Control 3.3 Adaptive Control Systems 3.4 Model Based Predictive Control 3.5 Supervisory Control Systems CHAPTER 4 COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS 4.1 Fundamentals of Computer Control 4.2 Computer Control System Architecture 4.3 Programmable Controllers 4.4 Distributed Control System (DCS) 4.5 Computer Control System Communications(1) CHAPTER 5 AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEMS 5.1 Mathematical Modeling of Physical Systems 5.2 DC Motors in Control Systems 5.3 Sun-Seeker System 5.4 Modern Power Systems 5.5 Introduction to Industrial Robots CHAPTER 6 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS 6.1 Artificial Intelligence Techniques 6.2 Use Neural Networks for Problem Solving 6.3 Applications of Fuzzy Logic 6.4 Expert systems 6.5 AI in Process Control APPENDIXES Appendix 1 Sources of Information in Automatic Control Appendix 2 總詞匯表 (INDEX) REFERENCES