Instructor

M. J. Yazdanpanah
Professor of Electrical Engineering

School of Electrical and Computer Eng., University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
 
Office: Room #730, 7th floor, ECE Bldg.
Tel: 82084925
Email: yazdan@ut.ac.ir

Office hours

Students are welcome to set appointments through email.

Course Outline

          ● Unconstrained and Constrained Optimization of Functions
          ● Orthogonal Projection
          ● Dynamic Programming, and Bellman's Principle of Optimality
          ● Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) Equation
          ● Calculus of Variations
          ● Unconstrained and Constrained Optimization of Functionals
          ● Constrained Optimal Control, and Pontryagin's Minimum Principle
          ● Riccati Differential Equation and Hamiltonian system
          ● Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) (finite/infinite horizon)
          ● Stochastic Regulator (finite/infinite horizon) and its relation to H2 optimal control
          ● Kalman Filter (finite/infinite horizon)
          ● Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG)
          ● Feed-Forward and Integral Control
          ● Robustness of LQG
          ● Loop Transfer Recovery
          ● New (applied.theorical) emerging topics will be covered in the final projects

References

   Text book:
               Linear and nonlinear programming
               Luenberger David. G and Yinyu Ye; Vol. 2. Reading, MA: Addison-wesley, 1984
 
             Linear Optimal Control: H2 and H8 Methods
             Jeffrey B. Burl; Prentice Hal, 1999.
 
             Optimal Control Theory
             D. E. Kirk; Prentice Hall, 1970.

   Other References:
             Optimization by vector space methods
             Luenberger David. G; John Wiley & Sons, 1969.
 
             Linear Optimal Control Systems
             H. Kwakernaak and R. Sivan; Wiley, 1972.
 
             Optimal Control: Linear Quadratic Methods
             B.D.O. Anderson and J.B. Moor; Prentice-Hall, 1990
 
             Optimal Control: An Introduction to the Theory and Its Applications
             M. Athans and P.L. Falb, Dover,1966 (Reprint 2006)
 
             Applied optimal control: Optimization, Estimation and Control
             A.E. Bryson and Yu-Chi Ho, Taylor & Francis, 1975
 
             Optimal Control
             F.L. Lewis and V.L. Syrmos, Wiley-IEEE, 1995
 
             Optimum Systems Control
             A.P. Sage and C.C. White, Prentice Hall; 2nd edition,1977

Assignments

Homeworks
Course Project 
  Goals
       ● To make students familiar with the new (applied/theoretical) emerging topics in the field.
       ● To improve research, technical reporting, and presentation abilities of students.
  Preparation
        ● Students are supposed to select a topic and prepare a proposal. The proposal should be strictly related to the course syllabus.
        ● Prepare your proposal based on the specified format. (Use Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.0 or higher to open, fill out, save and print)
        ● Students should orally present their proposals, each in 5 minutes, at a presentations session (held at the last week of the term).
        ● Final reports should follow the standard template and are supposed to be submitted within 15 days after the final exam.
        ● Students should prepare their presentation file according to the standard template and then
            present their final results, each in 15 minutes, at a session close to the deadline.
  Suggestions
       ● Start your search for an appropriate topic from the first weeks of the course.
       ● Be in contact with the instructor about your topic of interest.
  Important
       ● You should hand in a hard copy of your proposal at the presentations session.  
       ● Avoid any kind of Plagiarism! Read IEEE Plagiarism Tutorial IEEE Plagiarism Tutorial carefully to know what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
       ● Submission of the results of your research work, to any conference and/or journal, is primarily, subject to instructor's approval.
 
  Evaluation of course project
 
Evaluatin of Course Project Percentage
Quality of report structure, format and appearance 15%
Quality of oral presentation 25%
Innovations, contributions, and depth of analysis/synthesis 60%

Evaluation

Evaluatin of the Course Percentage
Homeworks 25%
Midterm Exam 25%
Final Project 25%
Final Exam 25%