Modern Control

Undergraduate catalogue

Introduction to modern state-space methods for control system design and analysis. Application to multiple-input, multiple-output dynamical systems, including robotic systems and flexible structures. State-space representation of systems. Stability. Controllability and observability. State feedback control. Observers and output feedback control. Optimal control design methods. Three lectures. Prerequisites: MAE 206, MAE 305 and MAE 433 or equivalent.