Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Afdeling Wiskunde
/VU University Amsterdam - Department of Mathematics

Course Control and System Theory of Positive Systems (2007 Spring)
/College Systeem- en Regeltheorie van Positieve Systemen (voorjaar 2007)

Course guide

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Course dates, times, and room

Dates and times: 5 February through 14 May 2007, excluding 9 and 30 April; exam period 21-25 May; 14:00 - 16:45 hours
Room 023, Minnaert Building, University of Utrecht, Leuvenlaan 2, De Uithof, Utrecht
Lecturers: Jan H. van Schuppen (VU/CWI) and Jacob van der Woude (TUD).


Communication directions

Jan H. van Schuppen (Lecturer)
VU Office WN-R2.50a.
JHvS is present at the VU University Amsterdam occasionally on Fridays. He can be reached at CWI at all other times of the week.
Faculteit Exacte Wetenschappen, Afdeling Wiskunde, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1081a, 1081 HV Amsterdam/
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Exact Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Science, Department of Mathematics, De Boelelaan 1081a, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 20 592 4085 (CWI, Mo. - Fr.)
Fax +31 20 444 7653
Email schuppen@cs.vu.nl and J.H.van.Schuppen@cwi.nl

Jacob van der Woude (Lecturer)
Afdeling Toegepaste Wiskunde, Faculteit Elektrotechniek, Wiskunde en Informatica, Technische Universiteit Delft/
Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics (DIAM), Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science, Delft University of Technology,
P.O. Box 5031, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 15 278 3834
Fax +31 15 278 7255
Email j.w.vanderwoude@tudelft.nl

This course is part of the MasterMath program. and has at the MasterMath website a webpage.


Topic course

The topic of the course is control and system theory of positive systems.

The aim of the course is to provide an introduction to the basic concepts and results of control and system theory. Control and signal processing problems arise in engineering, economics, and biology. Solution of such problems requires mathematical models in the form of dynamic systems. In distinction with other areas of mathematics, a dynamic system describes the relation between an input and an output signal in terms of the state.

The course is intended for master level mathematics students, those in their fourth or fifth year of studies. Students from biology and from economics are also welcome because the topic uses models from these areas.


Prerequisites

Differential equations and linear algebra. Knowledged of the course Systems and Control (presented in the MasterMath program) or equivalent is useful but not required.


Lectures

Program of lectures.

Lecture notes


Evaluation


Last update 14 July 2007.
This page is maintained by Jan H. van Schuppen.