This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.

Archived Versions

Feedback Control Systems

As taught in: Fall 2007

Photograph of X-29 Jet.

Highly maneuverable aircraft, like this X-29, often require sophisticated control systems to fly stably. (Photo courtesy of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Photo Collection.)

Instructors:

Prof. Jonathan P. How

MIT Course Number:

16.31

Level:

Graduate

Course Features

Course Description

This course covers the fundamentals of control design and analysis using state-space methods. This includes both the practical and theoretical aspects of the topic. By the end of the course, the student should be able to design controllers using state-space methods and evaluate whether these controllers are robust.