‘CONCORDIA UNIVERSIY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE.
Course Outline ENGR7121 (4 credits) Fall
‘ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF LINEAR MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS
Professor: Luis Rodrigues, Associate Prot, Dept of Electrical nd Computer Engineering
Contact: smailluisrod@ence.concordia.ca, Tel. ext: 3135,
Office Hours: Mondays and Thursdays 13:30-14:30, EV.12.111
“Thursdays, 14:45-17:30, SGW H-562
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Caleulators: Sharp EL 531 and Casio FX-300 MS
‘Summary of Fall Schedule
+ Tuesday, September 8: Fall classes begin
‘+ Monday, September 21: Deadline for withdrawal with tution refund from fll-erm
+ Monday, October 12: Thanksgiving day — university closed
+ Sunday, November 8: Las day for academic withdrawal fom fll courses
+ Monday, December 7: Last day of clases
+ Tuesday, December 22: Examinations end
Course Description
Representation of linear multivarible systems. Contrlability, observabilty and canonical forms,
poles and zeroes, multivariable system inverse, the linear quadratic egulator problem, the robust
Servomechanism problem, the minimal design problem, frequency domain design techniques.
Prerequlaesta this course
1, Working knowledge of Vectoo Matrix Algebra and Vector/Matrx Calculus applied to
engineering problem solving a, for example, matrix multiplication, transpose andthe inverse of
‘ua, eigenvectors and eigenvalues, derivatives of vectors and matrices and liteaization
2. Working knowledge of MATLAB/SIMULINK
3. Basic knowledge of differential equations and linear systems a the level of ENGR 6131 oF
equivalent
Course Objectives and Outcomes
‘Tointroducesindentsto analysis and controller synthesis methods for multivariable iear systems,
‘Atte end ofthis course the students shouldbe able to
1. Analyze the controlability and observablity of « multivariable linea system
2. Analyze the stability of a multivariable linear system: analytical and LMI methods
3. Analyze the performance of a multivariable linear system: analytical and LMI methods
4. ‘Symthesize linear quadratic regultors for multivariable linear systems
5. Analyze the robustness of linear quadratic regulators
‘Textbook: “Optimal Control and Estimation”, Robert F, Stengel, Dover Publications Inc,ISBN: 0-486-68200-5, available atthe bookstore
Graduate attribute inthis course
Use of Engineering Tools: An ability to create, select and apply appropriate techniques, resources,
‘and modem engineering tools, including prediction and modeling, oa razge of engineering
sctvities, from simple to complex, with an understanding ofthe associated limitations
ractice ~ Homework assignments and project.
‘Evaluation ~ The raateral will be evaluated in homework quizzes and a project
‘Table 1: Grading Scheme
‘Assessment Tools ENGR
Homework quizzes 15%
Must hand in homework first
‘Midterm (October 15) 35%.
‘Project (due December 7) | $0% (Individual)
‘Important Notes
1, The mini-quizzes will be 15 minutes long and will be performed at the beginning of clas
‘The homework to study for the mini-quiz wil be given two weeks before the mini-quiz
‘You must hand inthe homework by the du date tobe able to take the mini-quiz Ie is very
{important for you to come fo clss on time and do the recommended homework to do well
inthe mini
2. ‘Students who do not take the final exam and do not take the mini-quisze, and quizzes will
‘have a grade of R. Students with an overall grade less than 35% will slso have a grade of R
3. Students must obtain 40% or more in each component of the course (mini-quizzes, quiz,
‘and project to pass the cours. The passing overall mark in the cours is 50%, There will
‘be no make up mini-quizzes, quiz or project.
4. Letter grades are determined based on the student's mark in each assessment tool and on
the grading scheme of table 1,
5. Cell phonesare not allowed to be switched on in any class or exam, Please switch them off
Plagiarism: Concordia University has 2eo tolerance agnnst plagiarism and the same 2er0
‘tolerance willbe followed inthis cours. All exams are closed book, so formula sheets and
ell phones will not be allowed. Please read section 17.10 ofthe University Calendar on
academic integity and the academie code of conduct.
‘You can ead about plagiarism atthe following links
‘nipy/ww,concordia.ca/academies/undergraduate/calendarfeurren/17-10.hinl
‘hip ww, concorda.ca/studens/academie-integrity/ende html
‘The following is an important message on plagiarism taken from
ntpu/wwyw. concordia.cu/students/academic-integrity/plagiarism htm)
‘The most common offense under the Academic Code of Conducts plagiarism which the Code
efines as “the presentation ofthe work of another person as one's owm or without proper
acknowledgement. 7his could be material copied word for word from books, journals, intemet
Sites, professor's course notes, et. It could be material tat is paraphrased bul closely resembles
‘the origina soure. i could be the work ofa fellow student, for example, an answer ona quiz,
data fora lab report, a paper or assignment completed by another student It might be a paper
purchased through ane ofthe many available sources, Plagiarism doesnot refer to words alone ~
‘tcan also refer to capying images, graphs, tables, and ideas. “Presentation” ie not limited to
‘Written work, It also includes orl presentations, computer assignments and artiste works,