Feedback and Control Systems - Grand Format

Joseph J. DiStefano III received his MS in Control Systems and PhD in Biocybernetics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1966. He is currently professor of Computer Science and Medicine, director of the Biocybernetics Research Laboratory, and chair of the Cybernetics Interdepartmental Program at UCLA. He is also on the Editorial boards of Annals of Biomedical Engineering and Optimal Control Applications and Methods, and is Editor and Founder of the Modeling Methodology Forum in the American Journals of Physiology.
He is author of more than 100 research articles and books and is actively involved in systems modeling theory and software development as well as experimental laboratory research in physiology. Allen R. Stubberud was awarded a BS degree from the University of Idaho, and the MS and PhD degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is presently professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Irvine.
Dr. Stubberud is the author of over 100 articles and books, and belongs to a number of professional and technical organizations, including the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the American Association of the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS). Ivan J. Williams was awarded BS, MS, and PhD degrees by the University of California at Berkeley.
He has instructed courses in control systems engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and is presently a project manager at the Space and Technology Group of TRW, Inc.