Course schedule

The typical breakdown of topics over a 15 week semester is presented on this page.

Tentative schedule

The rough weekly outline of the topics we cover and the relevant chapters in the course notes are listed below.

Week Chapter
1 Ch. 01 - State Space Models
1-2 Ch. 02 - Vector Spaces
2-3 Ch. 03 - Solutions of State Equations
4-5 Ch. 04 - Stability
02/22 Midterm 1
6-7 Ch. 05 - Controllability
8-9 Ch. 06 - Observability, Duality, and Minimality
10 Ch. 07 - Pole Placement
11 Ch. 08 - Tracking and Disturbance Rejection
12 Ch. 09 - Control Design Goals
04/04 Midterm 2
13-14 Ch. 10 - Dynamic Programing and the HJB Equation
14-15 Ch. 11 - An Introduction to the Minimum Principle

The detailed and actualized schedule can be found on the lectures page.