This textbook aims to provide the reader with theoretical and applied knowledge regarding the theory of automatic control. The theory is analyzed in an accessible manner, based on a concise writing style that leads to the simplification of each case related to this classic automatic control.

Each chapter is accompanied by a detailed nomenclature and a rich collection of solved exercises following an original methodology. Simulation offers the analyst and designer of control systems the ability to design or test the functionality, performance, and characteristics of systems without needing to bring them into operation or intervene in the actual system.

The packages presented and analyzed are: Matlab, Simulink, Ctrllab, Comprehensive, Control (CC), Simapp, Scilab, Xcos (formerly Scicos), Simview, Labview, Pcusim.