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Course Syllabus

Contents 1 Instructors 2 Textbook(s) 3 Schedule 4 Assignments

Instructors

• Eric Klavins (Instructor), Office Hours: Fri. 9:30-11:30 (CSE 236)
• Zac Berkowitz (TA), Office Hours: Mon. 1:00-4:00 (Sieg 428)
• Xiaolong Yu (TA), Office Hours: Wed. 9:30-12:30 (Sieg 428)

Textbook(s)

Please note that the textbook for this course:

• Astrom, K. and Murray, M., Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers. Princeton University Press, 2008.

is available for free online. Or you can buy a hardcopy at the bookstore.

You might also make sure you have your linear algebra and differential equations textbooks handy. My favorite books on the subject are:

• Strang, G., Linear Algebra and its Applications, 3rd Edition. Brooks Cole, 1998.
• Horn and Johnson, Matrix Analysis, Cambridge University Press, 1985.
• Tenenbaum, M. and Pollard, H., Ordinary Differential Equations. Dover, 1985.

For those of you who are really getting into dynamical systems, there is no substitute for the following book, which (among many other topics) makes a strong connection between linear algebra and differential equations.

• Hirsch, M. and Smale, S., Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, and Linear Algebra. Academic Press, 1974 (there is a new edition out too, but I haven't looked at it yet).

You might also look at these notes from Prof. Kuntz's Math 301 course. They discuss MATLAB and ode solvers among other things.

Schedule

Date	Topic	Associated Reading	Topics
9/25	Introduction and Overview	Chapter 1	intro study topics
9/30	Review of Linear Algebra	Notes on Jordan Form, corrections	linear algebra study topics
10/2	Review of Differential Equations	Chapter 2 and a bit of Chapter 4	diffeq study topics
10/7	MATLAB and Simulink	Lecture notes (pdf), simulink example, numerical integration code, MATLAB docs, Simulink docs	matlab study topics
10/9	Example Systems	Chapters 2-3, TCP Reno Simulation Code	example systems study topics
10/14	Analysis of Linear Systems I	Chapter 5	linear systems study topics
10/16	Analysis of Linear Systems II	Chapter 5, MATLAB code for impulse and step response	linear systems study topics continued
10/21	Step and frequency response and performance	Chapter 5	linear systems / performance continued
10/23	State-based Feedback and Integral Action	Chapter 6	state-based feedback topics
10/28	Review via a design example	-	design topics
10/30	Midterm Exam	Open notes, open book, no computational devices	Topics through 10/23 lecture
11/4	Reachability and reachable canonical form	Chapter 6	reachability topics
11/6	Observers	Chapter 7	observer topics
11/11	Vetran's Day : No Lecture	-	-
11/13	Transfer Functions	Chapter 8	transfer function topics
11/18	Converting Transfer Functions to State Space	Chapter 8	tf to ss topics
11/20	Disturbances, Noise and Sensitivity	-	robustness_topics
11/25	Root Locus	This topic is to covered in the book. But see here, Notes ([part1.pdf],[part2.pdf])	root locus topics
11/27	Thanksgiving : No Lecture	-	-
12/2	Root locus design and root sensitivity	State-space with differentiator: [example]	root sensitivity topics
12/4	Review	-	-
12/11	Final Exam	10:30AM - 12:20PM	-

Assignments

Homework may be turned in up to a week late for half credit.

Assignment	Due Date	Solutions	Stats
HW 1	10/2	Solutions	stats
HW 2	10/9	Solutions	stats
HW 3	10/16	Solutions	stats
HW 4	10/23	Solutions	stats
NO HOMEWORK DUE ON 10/30 -- STUDY FOR THE MIDTERM
HW 5	11/6	Solutions
HW 6	11/13	Solutions
HW 7	11/20	Solutions
HW 8	12/4	Solutions