AOE6744/ME6544/ECE6744: Linear Control Theory, Spring 2018

Cource Description

This course will provide: an advanced introduction to the theory of linear systems and to optimal control of time-varying and time-invariant systems; solutions to the LQR, LTR, and LQG problems; and finally analysis and techniques to enhance robustness of controllers. Tentative Syllabus: Here

Instructor

Prof. Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis
Room 226, Randolph Hall,
Kevin T. Crofton Dept. of Aerospace and Ocean Eng.,
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg,
VA 24061-0203 USA
E-mail: kyriakos at gatech.edu
Website: http://kyriakos.ae.gatech.edu/
Telephone: +1 (404)-385-3342

Office Hours

TuThu, 11:00am - 12:30pm, Randolph Hall 226

Please email or phone me in advance to schedule for an appointment. If you have any questions about the course, please send me email. I will try to respond as quickly as possible. Additionally, I will share questions that are particularly good (and their answers) with the rest of the class by broadcasting my answer to the entire class. If you plan to come to office hours for questions about homework, please be prepared to show attempts at solving the problem that you prepared before coming.

Lecture Time and Place

TuTh, 3:30pm - 4:45pm, Randolph Hall 206A

Course Credit

Units: 3

Prerequisites

Competency in linear algebra, and linear control systems.

Textbooks

The course will follow closely:

• P. J. Antsaklis, A. N. Michel, A Linear Systems Primer, Boston Birkhäuser, 2007 (ISBN: 978-0-8176-4434-5). Details available here.

• J. P. Hespanha, Linear Systems Theory, Princeton University Press, 2009 (ISBN: 978-0-691-14021-6). Details available here.

Website

The website for this course will be maintained on Canvas and here.