ECE6452

Optimal Control

Modern control theory applied to linear and nonlinear dynamical systems, differential and difference equations; stability of optimal control systems; dynamic programming; calculus of variation and Pontryagin’s minimum principle; Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman equation; optimally switched control systems, linear regulator problem; Lyapunov stability; linear and nonlinear model predictive control; state estimation of nonlinear systems; application of theory to practical control system design methodology; project involving the design of an optimal control system.

SYS6452

School of Egr. and Comp. Sci.