ECE 515/ME 540 (Control System Theory and Design) - Fall 2019

Course schedule

I've posted the tentative plans for the semester under Tentative schedule. As the semester progresses, I'll post my lecture notes under Realized schedule.

Realized schedule

Unless stated otherwise, the assigned readings will be from the course's lecture notes: T. Başar, S. P. Meyn, W. R. Perkins, Lecture Notes on Control System Theory and Design.

Supplementary reading material is from:

  • Chi-Tsong Chen, Linear System Theory and Design, 3rd edition.

Disclaimer 1: These notes are uploads of what I write in class during lecture. The content inside may have typos, or sketch general intuitions instead of rigorous claims. The course reader is intended for the rigorous discourse and treatment.

Disclaimer 2: Again, these notes are uploads of what I write in class. Some notes in the margins may be in response to questions asked in class, and may not make sense in isolation.

Date Lecture notes Assigned readings Supplemental readings
Week 1 aug. 27 lec01 Ch. 1 C-T Chen, Ch. 1, 2.1-2.4 (skip 2.3.1), 2.7
aug. 29 lec02 Ch. 2.1-2.4 C-T Chen, Ch. 3
Week 2 sept. 3 lec03 Ch. 2.5-2.7 C-T Chen, Ch. 3
sept. 5 lec04 Ch. 2.8-2.10, 3.1-3.2 C-T Chen, Ch. 4.1-4.5
Week 3 sept. 10 lec05 Ch. 3.3-3.5 C-T Chen, Ch. 4.1-4.5
sept. 12 lec06 Ch. 3.6-3.8,4.1 C-T Chen, Ch. 5
Week 4 sept. 17 lec07 Ch. 4.2 C-T Chen, Ch. 5
sept. 19 lec08 Ch. 4.3-4.4 C-T Chen, Ch. 5
Week 5 sept. 24 lec09 Ch. 4.5-4.7, 5.1 C-T Chen, Ch. 6.1-6.5, 6.8
sept. 26 no class due to Allerton
Week 6 oct. 1 lec10 Ch. 5.2-5.3 C-T Chen, Ch. 6.1-6.5, 6.8
oct. 3 lec11 Ch. 5.4, 6.1 C-T Chen, Ch. 6.1-6.5, 6.8
Week 7 oct. 8 lec12 Ch. 6.1-6.2, 6.5-6.6 C-T Chen, Ch. 6.1-6.5, 6.8
oct. 10 lec13 Ch. 6.4-6.5 C-T Chen, Ch. 6.1-6.5, 6.8
Week 8 oct. 15 lec14 Ch. 7.1-7.2 Lectures 22-25 from ECE 486, available here
oct. 17 lec15 Ch. 7.3-7.4 Lectures 22-25 from ECE 486
Week 9 oct. 22 Midterm review
oct. 24 Midterm 01
Week 10 oct. 29 lec16 SVD
oct. 31 lec17 Orthogonal complements and direct sums
Week 11 nov. 5 lec18 Ch. 8.1-8.2, 9.1-9.2
nov. 7 lec19 Ch. 9.3-9.4
Week 12 nov. 12 lec20 Ch. 10.1-10.2
nov. 14 lec21 Ch. 10.3-10.4
Week 13 nov. 19 lec22 Ch 10.5-10.6
nov. 21 Midterm 02
Week 14 nov. 26 no class due to Fall Break
nov. 28 no class due to Fall Break
Week 15 dec. 3 lec23 Ch 11.1-11.4
dec. 5 lec24
Week 16 dec. 10 no class due to CDC

Final Exam

Final Exam: Wednesday, December 18, 8am to 11am, 3017 ECEB

Tentative schedule

As mentioned in the syllabus, the lecture notes for this course are required. Students are expected to do the readings listed.

Reading Timeline
Ch. 1 - State Space Models Week 1
Ch. 2 - Vector Spaces Weeks 1-2
Ch. 3 - Solutions of State Equations Weeks 2-3
Ch. 4 - Stability Weeks 4-5
Ch. 5 - Controllability Weeks 6-7
Ch. 6 - Observability, Duality, and Minimality Weeks 8-9
Ch. 7 - Pole Placement Week 10
Ch. 8 - Tracking and Disturbance Rejection Week 11
Ch. 9 - Control Design Goals Week 12
Ch. 10 - Dynamic Programing and the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equation Weeks 13-14
Ch. 11 - An Introduction to the Minimum Principle Weeks 14-15