Lectures on Network Systems
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Francesco BulloDepartment of Mechanical Engineering Edition 1.5, Sep 1, 2021 |
Book versions and purchase/download information
The book may be purchased or downloaded in the following versions:
printed paperback version [Amazon link], published by Kindle Direct Publishing (7inx10in, gray-scale, xii + 320 pages), ISBN 978-1-986425-64-3
tablet version [PDF file], optimized for viewing on tablets (3x4 aspect ratio, color), freely downloadable from the book website
three versions/documents meant for instructors and classroom teaching:
slide version [PDF file], that is, an abbreviated version suited for displaying on a classroom projector
classroom markup version [PDF file], that is, an abbreviated version (lettersize, with large sans-serif fonts, small margins), meant as markup copy for classroom teaching (i.e., print, mark, teach, discard)
a solution manual (PDF format) for instructors at accredited institutions planning to use this book for a course. The manual is freely available upon request (would you please let me know what course you plan to use the text for?).
Additionally, the following documents are downloadable:
Almost all book figures, available with a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0): [tgz file]
All bibliographical entries: [bibtex file]
@Book{FB-LNS,
author = {F. Bullo},
title = {Lectures on Network Systems},
year = 2021,
edition = 1.5,
publisher = {Kindle Direct Publishing},
ISBN = {978-1986425643},
url = {http://motion.me.ucsb.edu/book-lns},
}
Short Slide Deck
An abbreviated version of the material in the first 10 chapters is available here: [PDF file]
Copyright information
This book is intended for personal non-commercial use only: you may not use this material for commercial purposes and you may not copy and redistribute this material in any medium or format.
Why I decided to self-publish a print-on-demand book
There are several reasons why I decided to self-publish this book via the print-on-demand service by Kindle Direct Publishing (former Amazon CreateSpace). I appreciate the ability to:
retain the full copyrights of all the material,
make the document freely available online in multiple versions (see above),
keep the paperback publication costs to a minimum,
update the book revision at any time (simply re-upload the PDF file, minimal turn-around time, no need for any permission, and never out-of-print), and
make available a high-quality paperback book through a broad distribution network.
As a combination of this flexibility, I typically polish and enrich the book every time I teach the course.
Similar arguments are presented in the write-up Why I Self-Publish My Mathematics Texts With Amazon by Robert Ghrist
History
Jun 1, 2016: version .85 posted online
May 1, 2018: version 1, revision 1.0
Jan 1, 2019: version 1, revision 1.2: Since the first edition on May 1, 2018, I have corrected several typos and inconsistencies, redrawn a few figures, added assumptions missing in a few theorems, corrected an incomplete proof, added a few new exercises, removed an inaccurate exercise, and polished a few old exercises.
Jul 1, 2019: version 1, revision 1.3: new chapter on diffusively-coupled linear systems, polished Section 6.4, polished Section 7.1.1, rewritten Section 7.4, rewritten Section 5.1
Jul 1, 2020: version 1, revision 1.4: extensive revisions on examples in Chapter 1, sharper bounds and monotonicity properties of the spectral radius of non-negative matrices, various improvements in each of the first ten chapters.
Sep 1, 2021: version 1, revision 1.5: several typos and seven new exercises.
Feedback
I am thankful for any feedback information, including suggestions, evaluations, error descriptions, or comments about teaching or research uses. Please email bullo at ucsb.edu