The most common technique used for modeling linear, time-invariant systems is the block diagram, with the mathematical model represented as a transfer function. As an example of the first situation - ...

A nice derivation of Z-Transform from the block diagram by Waleed Al-Nuaimy is very clear to follow. Z-transform (developed/rediscovered in the late 1940s) converts a discrete-time signal, which ...

The synchronous machine can be represented by a simple and easily surveyed block diagram from which can be derived all possible transfer functions. Because of the introduction of complex ...

Introduction to classical control theory. Reivew of Laplace Transforms, transfer functions, block diagram manipulation, time domain and s-plane characteristics. System stability. Root locus analysis ...