CDS 112/Ae 103b, Winter 2023

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Optimal Control and Estimation

Instructors

  • Richard Murray (CDS/BE), murray@cds.caltech.edu
  • Lectures: MWF, 2-3 pm, 213 ANB
  • Office hours: Wed, 3-3:30 pm (at CDS tea)

Teaching Assistants

  • Carmen Amo Alonso, Ioannis Mandralis
  • Office hours: Mon, 3-4 pm and Tue, 3-4 pm in 110 Steele Lab

This is the course homepage for CDS 112 (and Ae 103b), Winter 2023. This course is intended for undergraduates and graduate students interested in optimization-based methods in control. After completion of the course, students will understand the key principles of state-space based controller design, including optimal estimation and control techniques.

Catalog Description

CDS 112. Optimal Control and Estimation. 9 units (3-0-6): second term. Prerequisites: CDS 110 (or equivalent) and CDS 131. Optimization-based design of control systems, including optimal control and receding horizon control. Introductory random processes and optimal estimation. Kalman filtering and nonlinear filtering methods for autonomous systems.

Ae 103 b. Aerospace Control Systems. 9 units (3-0-6): second term. Prerequisites: Ae 103a. Optimization-based design of control systems, including optimal control and receding horizon control. Introductory random processes and optimal estimation. Kalman filtering and nonlinear filtering methods for autonomous systems.

Lecture Schedule

Date Topic Reading Homework
Week 1

4 Jan
6 Jan

Introduction and review HW #1

Out: 4 Jan
Due: 11 Jan
Solns (Caltech only)

Week 2

9 Jan
11 Jan
13 Jan

Two degree of freedom control design
  • Trajectory generation
  • Differential flatness
  • Gain scheduling
  • Implementation in Python
HW #2

Out: 11 Jan
Due: 18 Jan
Solns (Caltech only)

Week 3

16 Jan
18 Jan
20 Jan*

Optimal control
  • Maximum principle
  • Implementation in Python
HW #3

Out: 18 Jan
Due: 25 Jan

Solns (Caltech only)

Week 4

23 Jan
25 Jan
27 Jan*

Linear quadratic regulators
  • Problem formulation and solution
  • Choosing LQR Weights
  • Incorporating integral feedback
  • Implementation in Python
  • Lyapunov functions
HW #4

Out: 25 Jan
Due: 1 Feb
Solns (Caltech only)

Week 5

30 Jan
1 Feb
3 Feb

Receding horizon control
  • Problem formulation and solution
  • Receding horizon control using differential flatness
  • Example: Caltech ducted fan
  • Implementation in Python
HW #5

Out: 1 Feb
Due: 8 Feb
Solns (Caltech only)

Week 6

6 Feb
8 Feb
10 Feb

Stochastic systems
  • Review of random variables
  • Introduction to random processes
  • Continuous-time, vector-valued random processes
  • Linear stochastic systems
  • Random processes in the frequency domain
HW #6

Out: 8 Feb
Due: 15 Feb
Solns (Caltech only)

Week 7

13 Feb
15 Feb
17 Feb*

Kalman filtering
  • Linear quadratic estimators
  • Extensions of the Kalman filter
  • LQG control
  • Example: vectored thrust aircraft
  • Implementation in Python
HW #7

Out: 15 Feb
Due: 22 Feb
Solns (Caltech only)

Week 8

20 Feb
22 Feb
24 Feb

Sensor fusion
  • Discrete-time stochastic systems
  • Kalman filters in discrete time
  • Predictor-corrector form
  • Combining information from multiple sensors (information filters)
  • Implementation in Python
HW #8

Out: 20 Feb
Due: 27 Feb
Solns (Caltech only)

Week 9

27 Feb
1 Mar
3 Mar

Advanced estimation and sensor fusion techniques
  • Motivation, examples, and approaches (IF, UKF, PF, ML)
  • Moving horizon estimation (MHE)
  • Unscented Kalman filters
  • Implementation in Python (UKF, MHE)
HW #9

Out: 1 Mar
Due: 8 Mar
Solns (Caltech only)

Week 10

6 Mar
8 Mar
10 Mar

Course wrap-up and review
  • Supervisory (feedback) control systems
  • Introduction to safety-critical systems
  • Review for final
Final (cover page)

Out: 10 Mar
Due: 17 Mar, 5 pm

Grading

The final grade will be based on homework sets and a final exam:

  • Homework (70%): Homework sets will be handed out weekly and due on Wednesdays by 2 pm using GradeScope. Each student is allowed up to two extensions of no more than 2 days each over the course of the term. Homework turned in after Friday at 2 pm or after the two extensions are exhausted will not be accepted without a note from the health center or the Dean. MATLAB/Python code and SIMULINK/Modelica diagrams are considered part of your solution and should be printed and turned in with the problem set (whether the problem asks for it or not).
The lowest homework set grade will be dropped when computing your final grade.
  • Final exam (30%): The final exam will be handed out on the last day of class (10 Mar) and due at the end of finals week. It will be an open book exam and computers will be allowed (though not required).

Collaboration Policy

Collaboration on homework assignments is encouraged. You may consult outside reference materials, other students, the TA, or the instructor, but you cannot consult homework solutions from prior years and you must cite any use of material from outside references. All solutions that are handed in should be written up individually and should reflect your own understanding of the subject matter at the time of writing. Any computer code that is used to solve homework problems is considered part of your writeup and should be done individually (you can share ideas, but not code).

No collaboration is allowed on the final exam.

Course Text and References

The primary course texts are

  • [OBC] R. M. Murray, "Optimization-Based Control", 2023. Online access

The following additional references may also be useful:

Note: the only sources listed here are those that allow free access to online versions. Additional textbooks that are not freely available can be obtained from the library.