CDS 110b, Winter 2007 - Course Schedule

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CDS 110b

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This page contains the course schedule for CDS 110b. The bold links for each week take you to a page that contains the a summary of the lectures for that week plus links to all course handouts.

Week	Date	Topic	Reading	Homework
1	State Estimation
	3 Jan (W)	Course overview		HW 1 solns
	5 Jan (F)	State estimation	AM, Ch 6
2	Stochastic Systems
	8 Jan (M)	Random Processes	Friedland, Ch 10	HW 2
	10 Jan* (W)	Stochastic Systems
	12 Jan (F)	Course project meeting
3	Kalman Filters
	15 Jan (M)	Martin Luther King Holiday		HW 3
	17 Jan (W)	Kalman Filtering
	19 Jan (F)	Linear Quadratic Estimators
4	Sensor Fusion
	22 Jan (M)	Discrete Time Kalman Filter		HW 4
	24 Jan (W)	Sensor Fusion via Kalman Filtering
	26 Jan (F)	Course project meeting
5	Design Example
	29 Jan (M)	Design example		Midterm
	31 Jan* (W)	Midterm exam review
	2 Feb* (F)	No class
6	Linear Quadratic Optimal Control
	5 Feb* (M)	No class		HW 5
	7 Feb* (W)	Maximum principle
	9 Feb (F)	Linear quadratic regulators
7	Differential Flatness and Trajectory Generation
	12 Feb (M)	Differential flatness		HW 6
	14 Feb (W)	Real-time trajectory generation
	16 Feb (F)	Course project meeting
8	Receding Horizon Optimal Control
	19 Feb (M)	President's Day Holiday		HW 7
	21 Feb (W)	RHC problem formulation
	23 Feb (F)	RHC design considerations
9	Networked Control Systems
	26 Feb* (M)	No class		HW 8
	28 Feb (W)	Networked control systems (NCS)
	2 Mar (F)	NCS design considerations
10	Design Example
	5 Mar (M)	Alice: A Networked Control System for Autonomous Driving		Final
	7 Mar (W)	Alice performance analysis
	8 Mar* (F)	Final exam review