MECH&AE 270B
Linear Optimal Control
Description: Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Requisite: course M270A or Electrical Engineering M240A. Existence and uniqueness of solutions to linear quadratic (LQ) optimal control problems for continuous-time and discrete-time systems, finite-time and infinite-time problems; Hamiltonian systems and optimal control; algebraic and differential Riccati equations; implications of controllability, stabilizability, observability, and detectability solutions. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2025 - Overall a great course. You learn about multivariable, optimal control in the form of LQR, Observer control, and some H2 Optimal control. Prof. Iwasaki is a wonderful lecturer, and really great at answering student questions. If you're going into aerospace flight control like I am (or controls in general), this course is a must. Taking this course helped me immensely at my GNC Internship I had the following summer (I'm writing this review a bit late). The material can be a bit challenging, but is really satisfying to learn. Prof. Iwasaki does a good job linking the mathematics to real world concepts, and you walk out of the class feeling like you can control real, multi-variable systems! The project is also pretty fun to do, though a little bit time consuming as expected. This year, the final was a take-home exam, so that made it a bit more manageable towards the end of the quarter.
Winter 2025 - Overall a great course. You learn about multivariable, optimal control in the form of LQR, Observer control, and some H2 Optimal control. Prof. Iwasaki is a wonderful lecturer, and really great at answering student questions. If you're going into aerospace flight control like I am (or controls in general), this course is a must. Taking this course helped me immensely at my GNC Internship I had the following summer (I'm writing this review a bit late). The material can be a bit challenging, but is really satisfying to learn. Prof. Iwasaki does a good job linking the mathematics to real world concepts, and you walk out of the class feeling like you can control real, multi-variable systems! The project is also pretty fun to do, though a little bit time consuming as expected. This year, the final was a take-home exam, so that made it a bit more manageable towards the end of the quarter.
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