MAK 594E - Modern Control Engineering

Course Objectives

Understanding and application of the following analysis and design tools:
1) State-space representation of linear systems and Dynamic analysis;
2) Observer design;
3) Feedback control;
4) Linear quadratic control;
5) Fundamentals of optimal control.

Course Description

A brief history of automatic control, Review of matrix algebra, Modeling and linearization, State-space representation of linear systems, State transition matrix, State transformations, Modal analysis, Controllability, observability, Observer design, Pole placement, State feedback and output feedback, Linear quadratic control, Introduction to optimal control, Lyapunov stability criteria