IEEE
Control Systems Society
Meeting


Speaker:

Dr. C. D. Johnson

Subject:

"The Linear-Quadratic Optimal Control Technique: Some Results That Are Not Common Knowledge"

Date:

Wednesday, March 14, 2001

Time:

11:30--Social and Lunch; 12:00--Speaker begins. (Presentation ends about 1:00.)

Place:

UAH, Technology Hall (5000 Technology Drive), Room # S105 (1st floor, east hallway)

Reservations:

Dr. R. David Hampton, 824-5083, rhampton@mae.uah.edu, before March 13, 2:00 PM

Abstract: The "common-core" of technical material on the Linear-Quadratic Optimal Control Problem, as presented in contemporary textbooks, handbooks, software user manuals, videotapes and other instructional media for control engineers, typically omits some novel and potentially important results that have been available for many years. Those omitted results can be useful to practicing control designers in achieving successful LQR/LQG applications in industry as well as in understanding the sometimes puzzling or disappointing behavior of LQR/LQG solutions. In this talk we will present a small, select sampling of some novel LQR/LQG results that have been available for 12-37 years but (apparently) are not well-known to younger generations of control engineering students, practitioners and teachers. The results, and their practical importance, will be illustrated by simple examples.

Biographical Sketch: Dr. C. D. Johnson, Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering, joined the UAH faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering after receiving his Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1963. He has over 40 years' experience in developing and applying innovative control techniques to high-performance weapon and aerospace systems.

NOTES:

  1. We plan to order pizza, soft drinks and coffee for this meeting. If you would like to join our lunch, please inform us before 2:00 PM on Tuesday, March 13, by phone (824-5083) or email (rhampton@mae.uah.edu), to Dr. R. David Hampton. Cost of pizza and drinks will be $4.50.

  2. Parking is limited immediately adjacent to the building, but there is a large parking lot about a hundred yards to the southwest.

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