ECE 553

Spring 2006

Notes

The following supplementary notes and notices have been posted so far in the semester

  1. Notes on Optimization and Calculus of Variations (from the out-of-print text "Optimum Systems Control" by A.P. Sage and C.C. White, III) [pdf] --- as Correspondence # 1

  2. Fundamental Lemma of the Calculus of Variations [pdf] --- as Correspondence # 2

  3. 300 Years of Optimal Control: From the Brachystochrone to the Maximum Principle by Hector J. Sussmann and Jan C. Willems (IEEE Control Systems Magazine, June 1997, pp. 32-44) by Hector J. Sussmann and Jan C. Willems [pdf] --- as Correspondence # 4

    --- The paper listed above will make useful and interesting reading at your leisure; it is a historical perspective on the calculus of variations and its relationship to the maximum principle (which we will study later in the semester)

  4. Notes on Optimal Control and Calculus of Variations (from the out-of-print text "Optimum Systems Control" by A.P. Sage and C.C. White, III; chapter 4: "The maximum principle and the Hamilton-Jacobi theory," pp. 53-83) [pdf] --- as Correspondence # 9

  5. Recap on Lectures 5-9 [pdf] --- on February 20

  6. Maximum Principle (from the text "Optimal Control" by George Leitmann) [pdf] --- as Correspondence # 13

  7. Optimum Systems Control Examples (from the out-of-print text "Optimum Systems Control" by A.P. Sage and C.C. White, III; chapter 5, pp. 87-121) [pdf] --- as Correspondence # 14

  8. Information on the Midterm Exam [pdf] --- as Correspondence # 15

  9. All About the Term Project [pdf] --- as Correspondence # 16

  10. Optimal Estimation and Control for Linear Systems (from the out-of-print text "Optimum Systems Control" by A.P. Sage and C.C. White, III; chapters 8 and 9 (selected pages)) [pdf] --- as Correspondence # 19

  11. Summary of Basic Results on H-infinity Control [pdf] --- as Correspondence # 21

  12. FINAL EXAM (take-home) [pdf]