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Rational functions, 325, 326 physical characteristics of, 152–154
Raytheon, 872 standards for resistance–temperature
RBF (radial basis function), 794 relationship, 157–158
RC circuits, 835–838 thermal characteristics of, 153–155
Read-only memory (ROM), 249–250 types/ranges of, 152
Real algorithm, 406, 407 Resistance–temperature relationship, 166–
Recall, ease of, 280 168
Receiving system, 70 Resistance thermometry, 155
Rectangular window, 200, 201 Resistance to ground, 79, 80
Rectifier circuits, 499 Resistive elements, 307
Recursion, 377 Resistors, 828–829
Reference baths, thermocouple, 142–144 Resolution, 4, 12–13, 118
Reference junction temperature, 135 Resolvers, 497, 698
Reference zones, 137, 138 Response to periodic inputs using
Referred to input (RTI), 103 transform methods, 337–350
Referred to output (RTO), 103 Restitution, 35
Registers, 249, 848 Rise time, 473, 540
Regression lines: RL circuits, 835–838
confidence limits on, 18–22 Robot controllers, 711–715
schematic of, 19 backstepping neuro-, 801
Regulation problem, 758–761 composition of, 711–713
Regulator, 388 control program of, 712–715
Reinforcement learning control, 805, 807– Robustness, 384
810 of neural networks, 797–798
Relays, 497 of optimal-control law, 766–767
Reliability characteristics, 4 of servomechanism control, 774–776
Repeatability, 95 ROM, see Read-only memory
Repeated (nondistinct) poles, 325 Root locus(-i), 517–536
Repeating-value compression, 220, 221 angle/magnitude conditions, 518–526
Representation systems, 274 for common transfer functions, 344,
Representativeness, 281 346, 348, 350
Reprogrammable FPGA technologies, 241 plot table of, 524–526
Requirements specification phase (system time-domain design using, 523, 527–
design), 288–289 536
Reset action, 403 Root-locus plot, 419, 421–424
Reset time, 403 Rotary actuators, 594
Reset windup, 414 Rotary-motion servomotors, 575–581
Resistance bridge balance methods, 91–93 Rotary-vane servomotors, 575, 576
Resistance strain gages, 73–82 Rotary velocity servosystems, 593
electrical aspects of, 77, 79–82 Round-off errors, 358
gage factor, 75 Routh–Hurwitz stability criterion, 475,
mechanical aspects of, 75–78 478–480
technical societies/manufacturers, 80, R–S flip-flops (R–S FFs), 244, 245
81 RTDs, see Resistance–temperature
types/fabrication of, 73–75 detectors
Resistance–temperature detectors (RTDs), RTI (referred to input), 103
152–160 RTI noise, 104
and calibration relationship, 158–160 RTO (referred to output), 103
circuits for, 155–157 RTO noise, 104
electrical characteristics of, 153 Runge–Kutta methods, 355–356