This practical book gives engineers guidance in designing and developing successful control systems for many applications. These include tracking devices, flight control, and industrial process control systems. This authoritative resource takes engineers through various phases of project development. Clear examples and case studies are presented throughout, demonstrating engineering approaches to satisfy various requirements. Readers discover a variety of challenges that can occur during actual projects. This book represents a unique contribution to the technical literature on control system design by illustrating principles in the language of control engineering with copious figures. It presents methodical procedures for setting up simulation models used for integrating control systems with hardware in order to reduce errors.