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ECSE 6420 - Nonlinear Control Systems

Phenomena peculiar to nonlinear systems. Linearization, iteration, and perturbation procedures. Describing function stability analysis. Phase plane methods. Relaxation oscillations and limit cycles. Stability analysis by Lyapunov’s method. Popov’s theorem. Adaptive control systems. Sensitivity analysis.

Prerequisite or Corequisite: Prerequisite: ECSE 6400  or MANE 6600  or permission of instructor.

When Offered: SPRING TERM, ODD YEARS

Cross Listed: MANE 6610 ; students cannot receive credit for both this course and MANE 6610 .

Graded: GRADED

Credit Hours: 3