Modern Control Engineering
by Katsuhiko Ogata · Katsuhiko Ogata
A standard undergraduate text on continuous-time control, covering transient response, root locus, frequency response, and state-space design, with MATLAB worked throughout. After it you can analyze a plant's stability and design a compensator to meet given specifications.
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