ECE 517: Nonlinear and Adaptive Control (Fall 2013)

Announcements:

• Solutions to homework 4 are posted.

Assignments:

Homework 1 (posted Sep 10, due Sep 18) | Solution (posted Sep 23) | Matlab files: m-file, Simulink file
Homework 2 (posted Sep 23, due Oct 2) | Solution (posted Oct 11) | Mathematica files: Example 13.16, Example 13.17
Homework 3 (posted Oct 14, due Oct 23) | Solution (posted Oct 28) | Matlab files: m-file, Simulink file
Homework 4 (posted Nov 11, due Nov 20) Solution (posted Nov 24) | Matlab files: m-files m, proj, theta, Simulink files P1d_b, P1d_c, P1e_b, P1e_c, P2b, isstest

LECTURE NOTES (see table of contents for course outline)

These lecture notes are being constantly modified. The material can be considered stable about 2 days after it was presented in class.

Schedule: Mon Wed 4:00-5:20pm, room 260 Everitt Lab. Will start 5 minutes late on Wednesdays because of the decision & control seminars.

Prerequisites: ECE 515 (Linear Systems) or consent of instructor. Basic knowledge of real analysis (at the level of Math 444 or 447) is also expected.

Instructor: Daniel Liberzon
Office: 144 CSL
Email: liberzon at illinois.edu
Office hours: Mondays immediately following the class

Homework TA: Luke Wendt, wendt1 at illinois.edu
Office hours: Wednesdays 12:00-1:00pm in EL 235

Texts:

• P. A. Ioannou, J. Sun, Robust Adaptive Control, Prentice-Hall, 1996. Note: The book is out of print but is downloadable from the author's website (PDF file, 4MB). See also: P. A. Ioannou and B. Fidan, Adaptive Control Tutorial, SIAM, 2006. This is an updated (and somewhat simplified) version of the first book.
• H. K. Khalil, Nonlinear Systems, Prentice-Hall, 2002 (third edition). On reserve at Grainger for ECE 528.
• M. Krstic, I. Kanellakopoulos, P. V. Kokotovic, Nonlinear and Adaptive Control Design, Wiley, New York, 1995. On reserve at Grainger for this course.

Assignments and grading policy: Your grades will be based on homework and final project. There will be no exams in this course.