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Linear Systems Theory (ELEN90027)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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AIMS
This subject provides a rigorous introduction to the mathematical tools that underpin the analysis and design of dynamical systems, with a focus on the linear time-invariant case. The subject is intended for research higher-degree students in Engineering.
INDICATIVE CONTENT
Topics include:
- Linear Analysis – scalars, real-valued sequences, vector spaces, linear operators, matrix analysis in finite-dimensions, normed spaces, vector sequences, inner-product spaces, orthogonality, Banach and Hilbert spaces, invertibility, and spectral analysis;
- Sate-space models – linear differential equations, input-output maps, reachability, observability, Hankel operators, model reduction by balanced truncation;
- Feedback interconnections – transfer functions, internal stability, coprime factorization, a parametrization of all stabilizing controllers;
- Optimal filtering and control – quadratic measures of performance (H2 and H-infinity), spectral factorization, Riccati equations.
Intended learning outcomes
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILOs)
Upon completion of this subject, it is expected that the student will be able to:
- Apply the mathematics of linear analysis;
- Employ input-output and state-space methods in the study of linear dynamical systems and feedback interconnections of such systems;
- Formulate and solve optimal filtering and control problems.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students will have developed the following skills:
- Ability to apply knowledge of basic science and engineering fundamentals;
- In-depth technical competence in at least one engineering discipline;
- Ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution;
- Ability to utilise a systems approach to design and operational performance;
- Expectation of the need to undertake lifelong learning, capacity to do so;
- Capacity for independent critical thought, rational inquiry and self-directed learning;
- Profound respect for truth and intellectual integrity, and for the ethics of scholarship.
Last updated: 3 November 2022