KOM 501E – Control of Systems with Parameter Uncertainties

About the Course

Course Code:KOM 501E
Term:2019 Fall
Lecturer:Prof. Dr. M. Turan Söylemez
Control and Automation Eng. Dept.
Room Num: 4207, Tel: 212 - 285 35 70
Course Place - Hours:Room Z4 - Tuesday (09:30 - 12:30)
Course Books:1) "Robust Control: Systems with Uncertain Physical Parameters", J Ackermann, 1993, Springer-Verlag.
"Robust Control: The Parameter Space Approach", 2nd ed, J Ackermann, 2002, Springer-Verlag, ISBN:1-85233-514-9.
2) "New Tools for Robustness of Linear Systems", B R Barmish, 1994, Macmillan
3) "Robust Control: The Parametric Approach", S P Bhattacharyya, H Chapellat and L H Keel, 1995, Prentice-Hall
4) "Linear Control Theory: Structure, Robustness and Optimization", 2009, S. P. Bhattacharyya, A Datta, L H Keel, CRC Press, ISBN: 978-0-8493-4063-5
5) "Pole Assignment for Uncertain Systems", M. T. Söylemez, 1999, RSP Press
6) "Robust Control of Uncertain Dynamic Systems", R K Yedavalli, 2014, Springer
Grading Policy:15% Midterm Exam
35% Homework
20% Final Project
30% Final Exam
Final Exam Enterance Condition:Weighted average of first two Homework Assignments and the midterm exam must be at least 25.
Home Page:http://web.itu.edu.tr/soylemezm/kom501e

Course Syllabus

DateTopics to be covered
September  17
(Week 1)		INTRODUCTION
  • Motivation
  • Definition of Robust Control
  • Classification of Robust Control Systems
  • Introduction to parametric uncertain systems
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    September  24
    (Week 2)    		MODELING OF PARAMETRIC UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS
  • Examples for modeling systems with parameter uncertainty
  • Introduction to the notation and general concepts
  • Symbolic algebra and parametric uncertain systems
  • Generalization of several control concepts to parametric uncertain systems
    • Stability
    • Controllability & Observability

    ROBUST STABILITY ANALYSIS
  • Pole Spread and gridding

    ROBUST STABILITY ANALYSIS
  • Boundary crossing theorem"
    MATHEMATICA TUTORIAL
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    October 1
    (Week 3)    		ROBUST STABILITY ANALYSIS
  • Algebraic tests
  • Routh table
  • Hurwitz determinants
  • Bialas theorem
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    October 8
    (Week 4)    		FREQUENCY RESPONSE of POLYNOMIALS with PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTIES
  • Mikhailov Theorem
  • Hermite-Biehler Theorem
  • Value Set Concept
  • Zero Exclusion Theorem
  • Singular Frequency
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    October 15
    (Week 5)    		CLASSIFICATION OF PARAMETRIC UNCERTAIN POLYNOMIALS and TEST SETS
  • Classification
  • Interval polynomials
  • Affine-linear polynomials
  • Multilinear polynomials
  • Polynomials with polynomial coefficients
  • Test Sets
  • Kharitonov theorem
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    October 22
    (Week 6)    		TEST SETS (CONT.)
  • The concept of concervatism
  • Edge theorem
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    October 29
    (Week 7)    		HOLIDAY
    November 5
    (Week 8)    		NO CLASS!
    November 12
    (Week 9)    		TEST SETS (CONT.)
  • Test sets for multilinear polynomials
  • Jacobi conditions for uncertain parameters
  • Mapping Theorem
  • Test sets for polynomials with polynomial uncertainties.
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    November 19
    (Week 10)    		MIDTERM EXAM (To be confirmed)
    November 26
    (Week 11)    		CONSTRUCTION OF VALUE SETS
  • Addition and multiplication of value sets
  • Tree structured decomposition
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    December 3
    (Week 12)    		STABILITY RADIUS
  • Tsypkin - Polyak Loci
  • Interval polynomials
  • Affine linear polynomials
  • Largest hypersphere in the parameter space
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    December 10
    (Week 13)    		ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS of FEEDBACK SYSTEMS
  • Box Theorem
  • Positive interval plants
  • Robustness with respect to nonlinearities
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    December 17
    (Week 14)    		STABILIZING PID CONTROLLER DESIGN
  • Stabilizing P Controllers
  • Stabilizing PI Controllers
  • Stabilizing PID Controllers
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    December 24
    (Week 15)    		FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS