CDS 110b, Winter 2013 - Course Schedule

CDS 110b

Schedule

Course text

This page contains the course schedule for CDS 110b. Lecture notes will be posted some time before class (usually on the same day). Note that lecture topics beyond a few weeks in advance describe what was covered last year and may not yet have been updated for this year!

Week	Date	Topic	Reading	Homework
1	Introduction and Optimal Control
	7 Jan (M)	Course overview, review of optimization	OBC Ch 2.1	HW #1 soln #1
	9 Jan (W)
	11 Jan (F)
3	Linear Quadratic Regulators
	13 Jan (M)	LQR Derivation	OBC Ch 2.4
	15 Jan (W)	LQR Properties	OBC Ch 2.5
	17 Jan (F)	Choosing LQR weights, examples	OBC Ch 2.5
3	Dynamic Programming
	21 Jan (M)	Institute Holiday (MLK)
	23 Jan (W)	No lecture, JWB Sick
	25 Jan (F)	No Lecture, JWB Sick
4	Receding Horizon Control
	28 Jan (M)	Introduction to Dynamic Programming		HW #2 soln #2
	30 Jan (W)	Dynamic Programming and LQR
	1 Feb (F)	Dynamic Programming and LQR
5	Receding Horizon Control
	4 Feb (M)	Dynamic Programming and LQR		HW #3 soln #3
	6 Feb (W)	Receding Horizon Control
	8 Feb (F)	Receding Horizon Control & wrap-up of optimization
5	Estimation
	11 Feb (M)	Receding Horizon Control and Estimation Overview		HW #4 soln #4
	13 Feb (W)	Estimation Overview and Probability Refresher
	15 Feb (F)	Probability Refresher
5	Estimation
	18 Feb (M)	President's Day
	20 Feb (W)	Probability Review
	22 Feb (F)	Probability Review
5	Estimation
	25 Feb (M)	Jointly Gaussian Variables		HW #5 soln #5
	27 Feb (W)	Begin Kalman Filter Derivation
	1 Mar (F)	Finish Kalman Filter Derivation
5	Estimation
	4 Mar (M)	Kalman Filter Analysis		HW #6 soln #6
	6 Mar (W)	Extended Kalman Filter, Fixed Lag Smoothing
	8 Mar (F)	Fixed Lag Smoothing