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Metal gages, 74, 89–90 Modulo, 248
Metallic materials, 133 Monostable multivibrators, 243
Metal–oxide–semiconductor field effect Moog–Donzelli servosystems, 594
transistor (MOSFET), 865 MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor
Metal removal rate, 701 field effect transistor), 867
Meter, standard, 116 Most probable error, 127–129
Methodology (term), 262 Most significant bit (MSB), 845
Microcomputers, 850–851 Motion Component Selector (MCS), 437
Microeconomic models, 277 Motion controllers, 434–435
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Motion programming software, 437
863–875 Moving averages, 217–218
books about, 873–874 Moving coil, 549
design/simulations of, 866–868 MSB (most significant bit), 845
examples of, 870–873 Mulitplexers, 249
fabrication foundries for, 868–869 Mulitpliers, 406
materials used in, 864 Multiattribute utility theory (MAUT), 283
microfabrication procedures for, 864– Multiconductor strain gage cable
867 guideline, 88
Micro-hot-plate, 868, 869 Multilayer NN controllers, 796–798
Micromirrors, 869 Multiloop controllers, 792
Microstepping, 563, 574 Multiloop NN feedback control structures,
Microwave switches, 870, 873 800–804
Milling cutters, 696–698 backstepping neurocontroller for
MIMO systems, see Multiple-input– electrically driven robot, 801
multiple-output systems flexible-mode compensation using,
Minorsky, N., 444 802–803
Miscellaneous functions (M-codes), 702 high-frequency dynamics using, 802–
MIT (Massachusetts Institute of 803
Technology), 697 Multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO)
Mobility analogy, 38, 39 systems, 722, 731, 732
Modal matrix, 351–352 Multiplication:
Models/modeling, 274–278 block diagram of, 457
credibility of, 275 of f(t)by e t , 450
descriptive, 275 Multiport elements, 307–311
mathematical, see Mathematical models Multistep methods (of numerical
optimization/refinement of, 277–278 integration), 356–357
parameter estimation in, 277 Multiturn potentiometers, 672
policy/planning, 275 Multivibrators, 243
predictive/forecasting, 275
usefulness of, 275 N
verification of, 277
Model-free learning controllers, 792 NAND (Boolean), 247
Modern control theory, 322 Narrow-band paints, 170–171
Modification of actuating signal, 418 National Aerospace Plane, 444
Modulators, 310, 311 National Institute of Standards and
electrical, 569–574 Technology (NIST), 116–117
hydraulic, 582–592 National prototype meter, 116
indexer, 573, 574 National reference standards, 116
oscillator-translator, 573 Natural state variables, 320–321
stepper motor, 573–574 NC interpolators, 701