ME 506 Advanced Control Systems - Schedule


 

Module Number

Module Title

Date of Instruction

Reading Assignment

 

Handouts / Files

1 Course Intro / Linearization I Sep 5 Nise Section 2.11, 3.7, Datta 5.2.1 Notes on Moodle
2 Linearization II / Taylor Series Sep 6 Franklin E.12, E.13, E.14
Datta 5.2.1, Ex 5.2.6
Notes on Moodle
3 Linearization examples / Dyadic Decomposition Sep 9 Datta 5.3
4 Maglev example / Burchett solution / Matlab eig & expm tutorial Sep 10 Burchett 7.9, 7.10
Datta 5.3.5
HW includes Datta Ex 5.6
5 Similarity Transformations, Canonical Forms Sep 12 Nise 5.8, 5.7, Franklin E.13 Datta 5.3, 6.5
6 Controllability, Observability Sep 13 Franklin F
Datta 6.2, 6.3, Nise 12.3, 12.6
HW includes Datta 6.27
7 State Transition Matrix Sep 17 Nise 4.11, Nise Appendix J
8 Singular Value Decomposition Sep 17 Franklin E.16
Datta 3.9
 
9 Matlab SVD, example Sep 19
10 Eigenstructure Assignment 1 Sep 20 Datta 10.4.3, paper
11 Eigenstructure Assignment 2 Sep 23 Datta 10.4.3, paper
12 MIMO Freq Response Lab Sep 24 Bryson & Ho 2.7

13

Estimator Design

Sep 26

Nise 12.5
Datta 12.2

14 MIMO Transfer Function, Freq Resp Sep 27 Datta 5.5.1, 5.5.2
15 Exam 1 Sep 30
16 Eigenstructure Assignment Lab Oct 1

Module Number

Module Title

Date of Instruction

Textbook

Homework Problems

17

Constrained optimization 1

Oct 3

Bryson & Ho 1.2
18 Constrained optimization 2 Oct 4 Bryson & Ho 2.3

19

Calculus of Variations

Oct 7

none
20 General Boundary Conditions Oct 8 Bryson & Ho 2.3
21 Continuous Systems, no terminal constraint Oct 14 Bryson & Ho 5.1, 5.2
22 Linear Optimal Regulator Oct 15 Franklin 7.6.2,Bryson & Ho 5.4, Kwakernaak ( )
23 LQR control Oct 17

24 Intro to Kalman Filter Oct 18
25 Kalman Filter Oct 21
26 Linear Optimal Regulator Lab Oct 22 Bryson & Ho 5.1, 5.2
27 LQG control Oct 24 Franklin 7.8
28 No Class, Instructor out of town Oct 25  
29 Exam 2 Oct 28  
30 Non-linear State Estimation / Extended Kalman Filter Oct 29 Van der Merwe section 2.4
31 Unscented Transformation Oct 31 Julier paper Section III
32 Unscented Kalman Filter Nov 1 Van der Merwe section 3.2
33 Gauss Quadrature Nov 4 Chapra p. 503 & ff.  
34 Solving Linear ODEs by Gauss Quad. Nov 5
35 Linear Optimal control by Gauss Quad. Nov 7   rlsdemo.m
36 Non-linear ODEs by Gauss Quad. Nov 8 David Benson Thesis Section 6.2

37

Non-linear Optimal Control by Gauss Quad.

Nov 11

David Benson Thesis Section 6.5
38 Cart control by Gauss PS Nov 12 Rao et al GPOPS paper
39 High order examples, programming and checking constraints Nov 14
40 No Class, Instructor out of town Nov 15  


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