Application deadline

Type of course

Admission requirements

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: A relevant undergraduate bachelor Engineering programme with minimum 30 credits Mathematics/statistics topics.

Application code: 9371

Prerequisite(s)

Requires STE6215 Control Engineering 1, or equivalent.

Course content

Content

Description of disturbances, Sensitivity and robustness, Observers, Optimal estimation, Fundamental limits in control, Control based on estimated states, Decentralized control, Internal model principle, LQG control. H2 and H-infinity control. Nonlinear control, Stability, Feedback linearization, Optimal control, Maximum principle, optimal feedback control.

Objectives of the course

Learning outcomes, skills and attitudes

Gain knowledge of fundamental concepts and methods from modern model-based techniques for multivariable control, optimal control, robust control, nonlinear control. Develop ability to apply these for design of control systems.

Language of instruction and examination

Teaching methods

Assessment

Mandatory tasks

A hand-in assignment to be carried out in groups.

Evaluation

3 h written exam, grading will be done by using A-F grading scale, where F is a fail. A re-sit exam will be arranged for this course

Recommended reading/syllabus

Curriculum

T. Glad and L. Ljung: Control Theory: Multivariable and Nonlinear Methods, Taylor & Francis, London, 2000, ISBN 0-7484-0878-9.

Supplementary material (distributed during the course).

Additional literature

Goodwin, G.C., Graebe, S.F., and Salgado, M.E., Control System Design, Preintice-Hall, 2001. Slotine, J.-J. E., and Li, W., Applied Nonlinear Control, Prentice-Hall, 1991. Hocking, L.M., Optimal control: An Introduction to the Theory with Applications.