CDS 110b, Winter 2006

This is the homepage for CDS 110b, Introduction to Control Theory for Winter 2006.

Instructor Richard Murray, murray@cds.caltech.edu

Teaching Assistants TBD

Course Schedule

The course is currently scheduled for MW 1:30-3:00 pm in 104 Watson (course scheduling page).

Week	Date	Topic	Reading	Homework
1	4 Jan (W)	CDS 110b: Course Overview	AM05 Ch 1, Section 11.1
2	9 Jan (M)*	No class (Mon, 9 Jan)
	11 Jan (W)	Robust Stability	AM05 Sec 11.2, DFT Ch 1-3
	13 Jan (F)	CDS 110b: Control Implementation (optional)	AM05 Ch 12
3	16 Jan (M)	No class (Institute holiday)
	18 Jan (W)	Robust Stability	AM05 Sec 11.2, DFT Ch 4
	20 Jan (F)	CDS 110b: Control Implementation (optional)
4	23 Jan (M)	Robust Performance	AM05 Sec 11.3, DFT Ch 4
	25 Jan (W)	Design Constraints	AM05 Sec 11.4, DFT Ch 6
5	30 Jan (M)	Loop Shaping, Revisited	DFT Ch 7	Midterm exam (due 6 Feb)
	1 Feb (W)	Design Example	AM05 Sec 11.5
	2 Feb (F)	Midterm review (optional)
6	6 Feb (M)	Optimization-Based Control
	8 Feb (W)	Optimal Control
7	13 Feb (M)	Linear Quadratic Regulators	Friedland, Ch 9
	15 Feb (W)	Receding Horizon Control
8	20 Feb (M)	No class (Institute holiday)
	22 Feb (W)	Observability and Estimators	AM05 Ch 6
9	27 Feb (M)	Introduction to Random Processes	Friedland, Ch 10
	1 Mar (W)	Linear Quadratic Estimators (LQE)	Friedland, Ch 11
10	6 Mar (M)	Kalman Filtering	Friedland, Ch 11	Final exam (due 17 Mar)
	8 Mar (W)	Extended Kalman Filters
	10 Mar	Final review (optional)