EE 701  Advanced Linear Systems			     Fall 2011


Professor:    Armstrong,        email: bsra@uwm.edu
              Office:           EMS Room 995; Phone: x6916
              Office Hours:     TBA
                                And By Appointment 


Text: John S. Bay, "Fundamentals of Linear State Space Systems"
      Menlo Park: McGraw-Hill, 1999.  ISBN 0-256-24639-4


Optional Texts:

    This text provides a nice treatment of the very basics of State
    Space modeling for dynamic systems in chapters 2 and 6, from a
    controls perspective.

      Franklin, Powell and Emami-Naeini, "Feedback Control of Dynamic
      Systems 4th Ed.,"  Prentice Hall, 2002. 

    This advanced book covers many topics.  There is a practical,
    implementation perspective.

      DeCarlo, R., Linear Systems A State Variable Approach with
      Numerical Implementation. Prentice Hall, 1989.

    This is a basic text in linear algebra, which is quite readable. 

      Strang, G., "Linear Algebra and its Applications", Academic
      Press, 1980.
	 

Website:
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                http://www.uwm.edu/course/ee701

    Many materials will be posted here, including evaluation sheets,
    homework solutions, and review materials.


Matlab Activity:
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	We will be using Matlab for exercises.  There are many good
Matlab introductions on the web.  The one we will be using is
interactive, and can be found at:

	http://www.engin.umich.edu/group/ctm


A nuts-and-bolts tutorial is given at:
	http://eng.usna.navy.mil/~mecheng/DESIGN/CAD/MATLAB/usna.html
	

Topics:
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 Models of Linear Systems                Solutions to State Equations   
 Vectors and Vector Spaces 	         System Stability              
 Linear Operators on Vector Spaces       Controllability and Observability
 Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors	         Observers                      
 Functions of Vectors and Matrices       Optimal Control and Estimation

Assignments:
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	There will be homework assignments based on theory and 
    analysis and computing assignments using Matlab.  

Articles in the controls literature:
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        Students should select and read three articles from
    Control Systems Magazine, Transactions on Control Systems
    Technology, ASME Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, or
    other technical journal with instructor approval.  For each
    article students should write a short report (see the report
    guidelines, on the web site).  The three reports are due:

		1) October  12th 
		2) November  9th 
		3) December  7th 

    For report you may select a survey article. 

	The article must be published (not an unpublished item
download from the web)

Project:
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	You will be reproducing a study or results from one of your
    literature articles.  I encourage you to work in groups of two,
    however the expectations will be higher for reports presented by
    a group of two.  

	You will write a report and give a 15 minute oral
    presentation on your investigation.


Exams and Grading:
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	There will be two 1 hour exams. 

		Exams: 			200 points
		Articles:		 30 points
		Homework: 		 85 points
		Project:    		 85 points

        Last Day of Class:  Wednesday, December 14th
	Final Time:  Tuesday, December 20st, 5:30 - 7:30 PM.