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by: William J Palm III, William Palm
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 620.104015118
EAN: 9780073016030
ISBN: 0073016039
Label: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 704
Publication Date: May 14, 2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
Sales Rank: 559411
Studio: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
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Product Description:
Published June 2004
William Palm's System Dynamics is a major new entry in this course offered for Mechanical, Aerospace and Electrical Engineering students, as well as for practicing engineers.
Palm's text is notable for having the strongest coverage of computational software and system simulation of any available book. MATLAB is introduced in Chapter 1, and every subsequent chapter has a standalone MATLAB Applications section. No previous experience with MATLAB is assumed; methods are carefully explained, and a detailed appendix outlines use of the program. SIMULINK is introduced in Chapter 5, and used in subsequent chapters to demonstrate the use of system simulation techniques.
This textbook also makes a point of using real-world systems, such as vehicle suspension systems and motion control systems, to illustrate textbook content.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - good book
Very good book. Helps model systems, program in MatLab, solve differential equations, and more.
Rating:  - Terrible Book
If you haven't extensively reviewed the material seen in this book beforehand--in the form of classes and/or thorough notes or examples---assignments will be hell to do.
The book has examples for one case of one type of problem. Any deviations from that and you'll be left scratching your head for hours--very unhelpful examples.
Bad explanations and bad examples--terrible book.
Rating:  - It's not like you have a choice, but....
I have heard that there are only a few books out there for system dynamics, so I want to cut this one some slack. However, what I want in a book is many detailed examples, and this book simply does not have that. It has quite a bit of explaining, but in my opinion, one example is worth 1000 words. The examples it has tended not to be inclusive.
Considering the content, the text is quite readable.
This would be a good supplement if the professor did plenty of practice ... Read More
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