Favorite books

This is a list of my favorite books that I really enjoyed reading them and believe they are great materials to build our background in the areas of control engineering and robotics.

Applied mathematics

• Introduction to Linear Algebra, by Gilbert Strang, fourth edition, 2009
• Convex Optimization, by Lieven Vandenberghe and Stephen P. Boyd, 2004
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Control theory

• Linear System Theory and Design, by Chi-Tsong Chen, 1984
• Nonlinear Systems, by Hassan K Khalil, 2002
• Model Predictive Control: Theory, Computation, and Design, by James B. Rawlings, David Q. Mayne, and Moritz M. Diehl, 2017
• Lectures on Network Systems, by Francisco Bullo, 2018
• Multivariable Feedback Control: Analysis and Design, by Postlethwaite and Sigurd Skogestad, 1996
• Robust and Optimal Control, by KEMIN ZHOU with JOHN C. DOYLE and KEITH GLOVER, 1996
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Estimation theory

• Detection, Estimation, and Modulation Theory: Detection, Estimation, and Linear Modulation Theory, by Harry L. Van Trees 1969
• Bayesian Bounds for Parameter Estimation and Nonlinear Filtering/Tracking, by Harry L. Van Trees, 2007
• Decentralized Estimation and Control for Multisensor Systems. CRC Press, 1998, by Arthur GO Mutambara.
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Robotics

• ROS, robot programming: from the basic concept to practical programming and robot application, by YoonSeok Pyo, HanCheol Cho, RyuWoon Jung, TaeHoon Lim, 2017
• Probabilistic Robotics, by Dieter Fox, Sebastian Thrun, and Wolfram Burgard, 2005
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