31. Introduction to control methods#

System behavior is treated in detailed in System Theory section. Control theory targets a desired behavior of the system, ensuring stability and performance (in terms of desired output, error, response velocity, input effort, robustness to noise and model uncertainty,…)

Table of contents
  • Frequency domain control of linear systems

  • State estimation and observer

  • Optimal control

  • System identification

Features

Domain.

  • Frequency domain for linear systems: root locus, Nyquist criterion and Bode criteria,…

  • Time domain: optimal control, robust optimal control,…

Full-state, partial-state feedback.

  • Full-state feedback: the complete state of the system can be observed and used for the feedback

  • Partial-state feedback

Observers, e.g. Kalman filter, tries to estimate the state of a system from its output. Later, this estimatio can be used for feedback.

Model-based/model-free control.