ME/SE/EC 501

Dynamic Systems Theory — State-space linear systems

Professor John Baillieul


Course Syllabus html or pdf.

Course Lecture Notes.

Course Text: Bernard Friedland, Control System Design: An Introduction to State-Space Methods, McGraw-Hill, 1986. Reissued by Dover Books on Engineering, 528 pages, Dover Publications (March 24, 2005), ISBN-10: 0486442780, ISBN-13:978-0486442785.

Other readings available for download:

Roger W. Brockett, Finite Dimensional Linear Systems, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN 471 10585 6, 256 pages.

Linear Optimal Control Systems by H. Kwakernaak and R. Sivan
  Content List and Front Matter Download
  Chapter 1. Elements of Linear System Theory Download
  Chapter 2. Analysis of Linear Control Systems Download
  Chapter 3. Optimal Linear State Feedback Control Systems Download
  Chapter 4. Optimal Linear Reconstruction of the State Download
  Chapter 5. Optimal Linear Output Feedback Control Systems Download
  Chapter 6. Linear Optimal Control Theory for Discrete-Time Systems Download
  References, Author Index and Subject Index Download

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(Updated Oct. 29, 2013)