ECSE 516. Nonlinear and Hybrid Control Systems.
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ECSE 516
Nonlinear and Hybrid Control Systems.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Examples of hybrid control systems (HCS). Review of nonlinear system state, controllability, observability, stability. HCS specified via ODEs and automata. Continuous and discrete states and dynamics; controlled and autonomous discrete state switching. HCS stability via Lyapunov theory and LaSalle Invariance Principle. Hybrid Maximum Principle and Hybrid Dynamic Programming; computational algorithms.
- Restriction: Accessible only to Honours Electrical Engineering students and Graduate students in Engineering
- Prerequisites: ECSE 500 and ECSE 501 or equivalent
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