Teacher(s)
Language
English
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Prerequisites
Basic training in control (level of INMA 1510) and in mathematics (level of a first-year master student in engineering).
Main themes
Model-based control (pole placement control, predictive control, LQ control, robust control) ; Implementation aspects of digital control.
Learning outcomes
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Contribution of the course to the program objectives :
At the end of this course, the students will be able to :
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Content
- Discretization of continuous models, Shannon's theorem, choice of sampling periods
- Classical digital control (numerical PID)
- Predictive control
- Prediction compensation of measurable perturbations
- Multivariable control, decoupling, linear quadratic control
- Observers, Kalman filter
- Delay compensation
- Parameterization of Youla Kucera
- Recursive model estimation
- Robust control
- Iterative controller design
- Controller design with different methods using MATLAB and SIMULINK
- Test of different control methods on pilot processes.
Teaching methods
- Lectures and exercices: 3-5 lectures and problem-based learning sessions on (i) preliminary notions necessary for the class, (ii) sampling linear systems, and (iii) dealing with constraints on input and output signals.
- Seminars : Between 6 and 12 seminars prepared by students. Each student/group of student receives several documents on a topic novel for them. Based on these documents and on their own research, they understand the new topic, critically analyze it, prepare a synthesis of its essential aspects, and present this synthesis to the other students. Each group can interact with the professor before their seminar, and a constructive feedback is provided after the seminar. The precise size of the group depends on the number of registred students.
- Homeworks : One or two homeworks about sampling problems, done alone or by groups of two students.
- Labs : Two or Three experiments in the laboratory (by groups of 2 or 3). The goal of each lab is to design a controler for a real and nontrivial dynamical system. They also allow students to face realistic (possibly unforeseen) practical problems. Depending on the sanitary conditions and practical constraints, the lab may be raplaced by virtual labs to be performed on computer
- External activities : these will change every year. They may include :
- presentation of an advanced control method by a researcher
- seminar about practical control issues by someone from working on control problems in the industry
- relevant visit of a plant/other facility where control methods are used
- each student writes a short report after each external activity.
Evaluation methods
The grade will be calculated as follows*:
a) 40%: The seminar(s) presented: This evaluation assesses how well they have been able to communicate the ideas presented to the audience, the critical thinking and synthesis demonstrated in the preparation of the seminar, and their mastery of the subject they are presenting.
b) 15%: Assignments and reports after external activities or seminars.
c) 45%: Laboratories (work and reports).
This grade is therefore entirely based on the work done during the semester. There is no exam, nor a second session.
* Specific provisions:
a) 40%: The seminar(s) presented: This evaluation assesses how well they have been able to communicate the ideas presented to the audience, the critical thinking and synthesis demonstrated in the preparation of the seminar, and their mastery of the subject they are presenting.
b) 15%: Assignments and reports after external activities or seminars.
c) 45%: Laboratories (work and reports).
This grade is therefore entirely based on the work done during the semester. There is no exam, nor a second session.
* Specific provisions:
- If the (weighted) average grade for the combination of activities (a) and (b) is less than 10/20, a modified weighting system will be applied: (a) 70%, (b) 25%, and (c) 5%.
- Each of the parts (a), (b), and (c) results in a single overall grade based on all the work and activities that comprise it. Failure to follow the methodological instructions defined on Moodle, especially regarding the use of online resources or collaboration among students, for any activity, will result in a overall grade of 0 for the assessment of that part of the course.
Other information
Knowledge of basic control techniques (e.g. LINMA 1510) and dynamical systems is expected.
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