1. Choose a control systems paper - due October 10, 2005.
   • Paper selected must be published in a conference proceedings or journal and listed in the INSPEC or SCISEARCH databases, and contain
   • real system of study;
   • mathematical model presented or developed;
   • controller and/or observer design;
   • simulation and/or experimental implementation results; and
   • approaches similar to or based upon those covered in this course.
   • Turn in a copy of the paper and its listing within INSPEC or SCISEARCH.
2. Work through paper, reproduce results, implement your own control or observer algorithm for the system in the paper, and perform paper review - Due December 12, 2005.
   • Turn in document with complete step-by-step reproduction of analytical work and simulation results, description and results of your control/observer implementation, and complete paper review using Automatica paper review form.

Papers Chosen:

1. Garrard, W.L. and J.M. Jordan, "Design of nonlinear automatic flight control systems," Automatica, vol. 13, no. 5, 1997, pp. 497-505
2. Mehta, S. and J. Chiasson, "Nonlinear control of a series DC motor: theory and experiment," IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 45, no. 1, 1998, pp. 134-141
3. Ratliff, R.T. and P.R. Pagilla, "Design and seek control of a disc drive actuator with nonlinear magnetic bias," Proc. 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004, New Orleans, LA
4. Gustafsson, K., "Control theoretic techniques for stepsize selection in explicit Runge-Kutta methods," ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software, vol. 17, no. 4, 1991, pp. 533-554
5. Viollet, S. and N. Franceschini, "A high speed gaze control system based on the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 50, no. 4, 2005, pp. 147-161
6. Takahashi, Y. and H. Takahashi, "Precise positioning control with double feedback loop for ultralarge scale integrated manufacturing machine," Review of Scientific Instruments, vol. 73, no. 7, 2002, pp. 2791-2796
7. Medrano-Cersa, G.A., "Robust computer control of an inverted pendulum," IEEE Control Systems Magazine, vol. 19, no. 3, 1999, pp. 58-67
8. Su, Y.X., D. Sun, and B.Y. Duan, "Design of an enhanced nonlinear PID controller," Mechatronics, vol. 15, no. 8, 2005, pp.1005-1024
9. Bugeja, M., "Non-linear swing-up and stabilizing control of an inverted pendulum system," Proc. IEEE Region 8 EUROCON 2003, 2003, Ljubljana, Slovenia
10. French, I.G. and C.S. Cox, "Modelling, design and control of a modern electropneumatic actuator," IEE Proceedings D (Control Theory and Applications), vol. 137, no. 3, 1990, pp. 145-155