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 | 
| 10/02 | 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 | 
| 11/06 | 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.