The Map of Control Theory

All of control theory in one map.  The idea behind this map is not to capture everything within control theory, it is to highlight some of the main areas of the field and provide a few...

System Identification: Theory for the User

From the Back Cover

The field's leading text, now completely updated. 

Modeling dynamical systems ― theory, methodology, and applications. 

Lennart Ljung's System Identification: Theory...

What Are Dynamic Models? Chapter 1 from Dynamic Models in Biology

Throughout this book we use a wide-ranging set of case studies to illustrate different aspects of models and modeling. In this introductory chapter we describe and give examples of different...

DC Motor Speed: System Modeling

This examples walks through modeling a simple DC motor in MATLAB.

Algorithms for Automated Driving

Each chapter of this (mini-)book guides you in programming one important software component for automated driving. Currently, this book contains two chapters: Lane Detection, and Control...

MATLAB Example: Fault Detection Using an Extended Kalman Filter

This example shows how to use an extended Kalman filter for fault detection. The example uses an extended Kalman filter for online estimation of the friction of a simple DC motor...

MATLAB Example: Online Recursive Least Squares Estimation

This example shows how to implement an online recursive least squares estimator. You estimate a nonlinear model of an internal combustion engine and use recursive least squares to detect...

Model Reference Adaptive Control of Aircraft Undergoing Wing Rock

This example shows how to control roll and roll rate of a delta wing aircraft undergoing wing rock. For this example, the system model is unknown. Therefore, you use model reference adaptive...

Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction

From the book introduction:

The idea that we learn by interacting with our environment is probably the first to occur to us when we think about the nature of learning. When an infant plays...

Averaging Methods in Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

Perturbation theory and in particular normal form theory has shown strong growth during the last decades. So it is not surprising that the authors have presented an extensive revision of the...

Nonlinear Oscillations, Dynamical Systems, and Bifurcations of Vector Fields...

From the reviews: "This book is concerned with the application of methods from dynamical systems and bifurcation theories to the study of nonlinear oscillations. Chapter 1 provides a review...

Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers

This is the wiki for the text Feedback Systems (second edition) by Karl J. Åström and Richard M. Murray. On this resource you will find the complete text of the book as well as additional...

Simulink example: Adaptive MPC Control of Nonlinear Chemical Reactor Using O...

This example shows how to use an Adaptive MPC controller to control a nonlinear continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) as it transitions from low conversion rate to high conversion rate.

A...

Model Identification and Adaptive Control - From Windsurfing to Telecommunic...

This book is based on a workshop entitled: "Model Identification and Adap­tive Control: From Windsurfing to Telecommunications" held in Sydney, Aus­tralia, on December 16, 2000. The workshop...

Model Reference Adaptive Control of Satellite Spin

This example shows how to control satellite spin using model reference adaptive control (MRAC) to make the unknown controlled system match an ideal reference model. The satellite system is...

Design of Embedded Robust Control Systems Using MATLAB®/Simulink®

Robust control theory allows for changes in a system whilst maintaining stability and performance. Applications of this technique are very important for dependable embedded systems, making...

Controls Engineering in the FIRST Robotics Competition

This guide is intended to make an advanced engineering topic approachable so it can be applied by those who aren’t experts in control theory. The intended audience is high school students...

Project Based Engineering Instrumentation with CircuitPython

This textbook has been designed with the student and faculty member in mind. First, this textbook goes hand in hand with Engineering Instrumentation taught at the undergraduate level at many...

3D Printed Laboratory Equipment to Study Fundamentals of Vibrations: Complia...

This low-cost, portable, and 3D-Printed Laboratory Equipment (3D-PLE) can be utilized to achieve the following learning outcomes: 

• Derive the equation of motion of a translational...