Interactive applications to explore the parametric space of multivariable controllers

• Presented at: IFAC 2011, Milano, Italy, August 28 - September 2, 2011
• Submitted to: Proceedings of the 18th IFAC world congress 2011
• Publication date: 2011

This paper describes interactive applications used to illustrate an advanced course on multivariable control. The direct manipulation of features in graphics, such as eigenvectors in the phase plane or observer eigenvalues in the complex plane, gives the student the means to explore not only the effect of parameters in the ranges usually considered as realistic, but also to observe the consequences of more extreme choices and get a better understanding of the design methods. The applications are implemented in Sysquake to provide a simple user interface, consistent across a wide range of examples from classical to advanced control.

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Keywords: Interactive programs ; computer graphics ; automatic control engineering ; teaching

Reference

• EPFL-CONF-152207

• URL: http://www.ifac2011.org/

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