CDS 101: Principles of Feedback and Control Lecture 10.1: Uncertainty Analysis 2 December 2002

Lecture

This final lecture provides a desription of how control can be used for designing feedback systems that provide robustness to uncertainty. This ties together the various concepts discussed in the class and illustrates the main ideas of the ducted fan example. A summary of the main topics of the course is also given.

• Lecture Presentation

Mud card responses [advanced search]:

• On slide 7, why is there almost no change in the magnitude of the perturbed transfer function, but a large change in the phase?
• Girls are a highly nonlinear system. How do I linearize them around me?
• Can you put the video of the Wed (11/27) lecture online soon?

Reading Material and Handouts

Handouts from lecture

• Lecture handout

Required reading

• None
  

Supplemental reading

• None
  

Homework

There is no homework set this week. The final exam will be handed out on Wednesday.