Cleveland State University
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
EEC 644/744, ESC 794: Optimal Control Systems
Fall 2009
Catalog Description: Optimal Control Systems (4-0-4)
Prerequisite: EEC 510.
Introduction to the principles and methods of the optimal control approach:
performance measures; dynamic programming; calculus of variations;
Pontryagin’s principle; optimal linear regulators; minimum-time and
minimum-fuel problems; steepest descent; and quasi-linearization methods
for determining optimal trajectories.
TextBook:
References:
D. Kirk, Optimal Control Theory, Dover, 2004
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R. Stengel, Optimal Control and Estimation, Dover, 1994
K. Astrom, Introduction to Stochastic Control Theory, Dover, 2006
B. Anderson and J. Moore, Optimal Control, Dover, 2007
Bryson and Y. Ho, Applied Optimal Control, Taylor & Francis, 1975
Bryson, Applied Linear Optimal Control, Cambridge University Press, 2002
M. Athans and P. Falb, Optimal Control, Dover, 2006
D. Naidu, Optimal Control Systems, CRC Press, 2002
F. Lewis and V. Syrmos, Optimal Control, Wiley-Interscience, 1995
P. Dorato, C. Abdallah, and V. Cerone, Linear Quadratic Control, Krieger
Publishing, 2000
Course Content:
This course will explore mathematical strategies for controlling dynamic
state-space systems (both linear and nonlinear) in both noise-free and noisy
environments. The methods taught in this course are applicable to many
disciplines, including engineering, science, and economics. MATLAB
assignments will be used to reinforce the techniques taught in this course.
Instructor:
Dan Simon
Phone: 216-687-5407
Email: d.j.simon@csuohio.edu
Course Web
Site: http://academic.csuohio.edu/simond/courses/eec644
Office: FH 343, SH 310
Office Hours: MW, 2:00-4:00
Grading:
Homework
Midterm
Project
Final Exam
Paper/Lecture
A
93–100
A minus
90–92
B plus
87–89
B
83–86
B minus
80–82
C
70–79
EEC 644
25%
25%
25%
25%
-
EEC 744, ESC 794
22%
22%
22%
22%
12%
Doctoral Students are required to write a review of a journal paper and
present their results to the class.
Homework:
In addition to written exercises, MATLAB problems will be assigned to
illustrate the theory. Students can work with others on homework, but
identical homework assignments will be given a grade of zero. Late
homework will not be accepted. Homework assignments should be in order,
neat, and stapled once in the upper left corner. Homework assignments are
athttp://academic.csuohio.edu/simond/courses/eec644/homework.html.
Tests:
Exams are open-book and open-notes. No electronic devices are allowed
during tests. No makeup exams are allowed without the prior permission of
the instructor.