内容简介：　　

　　This book investigates the performance limitation issues in networked feedback systems. The fact that networked feedback systems consist of control and communication devices and systems calls for the integration of control theory and information theory. The primary contributions of this book lie in two aspects: the newly-proposed information theoretic measures and the newly-discovered control performance limitations. We first propose a number of information notions to facilitate the analysis. Using those notions, classes of performance limitations of networked feedback systems, as well as state estimation systems, are then investigated. In general, the book presents a unique, cohesive treatment of performance limitation issues of networked feedback systems via an information-theoretic approach. This book is believed to be the first to treat the aforementioned subjects systematically and in a unified manner, offering a unique perspective differing from existing books.

英文目录：

1 Introduction
　　1.1 A Word on Control versus Communication
　　1.2 Interplay of Feedback Theory and Information Theory
　　1.3 Performance Limitations of Feedback Control
　　1.4 Performance Limitations in Networked Feedback Systems
　　1.5 Organization
2 Information Measures and Spectral Analysis
　　2.1 Basic Information Concepts
　　2.2 Spectral Analysis
　　2.3 Channel Capacity
　　2.4 Negentropy and Negentropy Rate
　　2.5 Gaussianity-Whiteness
3 Control Performance Measures
　　3.1 The H1 Norm
　　3.2 Power Gain
4 Channel Blurredness
　　4.1 Definition
　　4.2 AWGN Channel
　　4.3 ACGN Channel
　　4.4 Fading Channel
5 Bode-Type Integrals
　　5.1 Bode Integral Relations and Bode-Type Integral Inequalities
　　5.2 Disturbance Attenuation at Plant Input
　　5.3 Disturbance Attenuation at Plant Output
　　5.4 Non-LTI Plants
　　5.5 The “Water-Bed Effect”
　　5.6 An Illustrative Example
6 Bounds on Power Gain
　　6.1 Power Reduction at Plant Input
　　6.2 Power Reduction at Plant Output
　　6.3 Non-LTI Plants
　　6.4 An Illustrative Example
7 MIMO Systems
　　7.1 Bode Integral Relations and Bode-Type Integral Inequalities
　　7.2 Disturbance Attenuation at Plant Input
　　7.3 Disturbance Attenuation for Non-LTI Plants
　　7.4 Power Reduction at Plant Input
　　7.5 Power Reduction for Non-LTI Plants
　　7.6 An Illustrative Example
8 Bounds on Estimation Error
　　8.1 Bounds on Variance Minimization
　　8.2 Worst-Case Estimation
9 Continuous-Time Systems
　　9.1 Definitions and Preliminaries
　　9.2 Disturbance Attenuation and Power Reduction
　　9.3 Non-LTI Plants
Glossary
References
Index