Qing Zhao, PhD, PEng
Winter Term 2024 (1860)
ECE 460 - Control Systems II
★ 3 (fi 8)(EITHER, 3-0-3/2)
Introduction to computer control, sample and hold, discrete-time systems. States and state space models. Linearization of nonlinear state-space models. Solving linear time-invariant state-space equations. Discretization of continuous-time systems. Controllability and observability, and their algebraic tests. Minimal state-space realizations. State feedback and eigenvalue/pole assignment, deadbeat control. Step tracking control design. State estimation and observer design. Observer based control. Introduction to linear quadratic optimal control. Prerequisites: ECE 360 or E E 357, and ECE 340. Credit may be obtained in only one of ECE 460 or E E 460.
LECTURE B1 (12490)
2024-01-08 - 2024-04-12
MWF 10:00 - 10:50 (ETLC E2-001)
ECE 660 - Optimization in Dynamic Control and Estimation
★ 3 (fi 6)(EITHER, 3-0-0)
Mathematical preliminaries (probability and linear systems); Conditions of optimality in dynamic systems (minimum principle, HJB equation); Linear quadratic (LQ) control; Minimum-time control; Least-squares estimator; Dynamic estimation; Design of various Kalman filters; Design of linear-quadratic Gaussian (LQG) control. Prerequisites: ECE560 or equivalent.
LECTURE B1 (17210)
2024-01-08 - 2024-04-12
MW 12:30 - 13:50 (ECERF W6-087)