Coursecode: wb2416
Coursename: Linear Matrix Inequalities in Control

DUT creditpoints: 2
ECTS creditpoints: 3

Subfaculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology
Lecturer(s): Dr. C. Scherer Tel.: 015-2785899
Catalog data:
  • Semi-definite programming (linear matrix inequalities)
  • Time-varying and non-linear uncertainties
  • Robust stability and nominal/robust performance analysis
  • Integral quadratic constraints
  • Controller synthesis
  • Linear parametrically-varying systems
Course year: 4
Period: 0/0/0/0/4
Hours p/w: 4
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Assessment:
Paper and computer exercises
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(see academic calendar)
Prerequisites: wb2302, wb2401, wb2415
Follow up:
Detailed description of topics:
  • Brief introduction to optimization theory (convexity, interior point methods)
  • Robust stability tests for time-varying parametric and non-linear uncertainties
  • Integral quadratic constraints as a general paradigm for robustness analysis
  • Nominal performance analysis for various criteria (pole-placement, H¥ , H2, generalized H2, peak-to-peak gain)
  • Extension to robust performance
  • From analysis in terms of linear matrix inequalities to controller synthesis: a general procedure
  • Design of robust controllers - state-feedback and output-feedback control
  • Design of multi-objective controllers
  • Linear-parametrically-varying systems and the design of linear parametrically-varying controllers
Course material: Lecture notes
References from literature:
S.P. Boyd, L. El Ghaoui, E. Feron, and V. Balakrishan, Linear Matrix Inequalities in Systems and Control Theory, SIAM Studies in Applied Mathematics 15, SIAM, Philadelphia, 1994.
Remarks (specific information about assesment, entry requirements, etc.):
Goals:
  • Extension of topics in wb2415 to larger class of uncertainties and more general performance criteria.
  • Provides theoretical background for knowledgeable use of the Matlab "LMI Control Toolbox".
Computer use:
Computer exercises with Matlab "LMI Control Toolbox".
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