An introduction to design

Preface Part I. Short Design Course: 1. A Method for Solving System Design Problems Rational Functions The Closed Loop System S Designable Transfer Function A System Design Problem The Method Exercises 2. Internal Stability Control and Stability Interpolation Systems With a Stable Plant Exercises 3. Frequency Domain Performance Requirements Introduction Measures of Performance Piecing Together Disk Inequalities More Performance Measures A Fully Constrained Problem 4. Optimization Review of Concepts Generating a Performance Function Finding T With Best Performance Acceptable Performance Functions Performance Not of Circular Type Optimization Internal Stability and Optimization Exercises 5. A Design Example With OPTDesign Introduction The Problem Optimization With OPTDesign Producing a Rational Compensator How Good is the Answer? Optimality Diagnostics Specifying Compensator Roll-off Reducing the Numerical Error Rational Fits Exercises Part II. More on Design: 6. Examples Numerical Practicalities Design Example 1 Time Domain Performance Requirements Design Example 2 Performance for Competing Constraints 7. Internal Stability Calculating Interpolants Plants With Simple RHP Zeros and Poles Parameterization. The General Case Exercises References and Further Reading Part III. Appendices: Appendix A. History and Perspective Appendix B. Getting OPTDesign and Anopt Appendix C. Anopt Notebook Appendix D. NewtonInterpolant Notebook Appendix E. NewtonFit Notebook.