Decision Systems
Code
7312
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Department
Departamento de Engenharia Electrotécnica
Credits
6.0
Teacher in charge
Paulo José Carrilho de Sousa Gil
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
1) Study and implementation of state-space optimal control techniques together with the design of state observer using the Kalman filter approach;
2) Study of human decision and cognition.
Prerequisites
Students must have frequency from Control Theory and Computer Control.
Subject matter
Part I
1. Discrete time optimal control
2. Discrete time Kalman filter
Parte II
1. Technological psicology
2. Systemic decision model
3. Cognition system models
4. Inteligence vs Intelegence
5. Human awareness
6. A systemic memory model
7. Short term memory properties
8. Long term memory properties
9. Decision and diagnosis
10. Decision and choice
11. Manual Control
12. Inteligent-Intelegent control models
Bibliography
Decision on Inteligent-Intelegent Control, Hermínio Duarte-Ramos, UNL, 2003 (in Portuguese)
Discrete time optimal control , Paulo Gil, UNL, 2002 (in Portuguese)
Discrete time Kalman Filter, Paulo Gil, UNL, 2002 (in Portuguese)
Additional:
Optimal Control, Frank Lewis and V. Syrmos, 1995
Adaptive Control, K. Astrom & B. Wittenmark, Addison Wesley, 1995
System Identification, L. Ljung, Prentice-Hall, 1999
Teaching method
1) Theoretic classes
2) Practical /lab classes
Evaluation method
Final Grade = 0,4xP + 0,6xTP
P, Average from lab work (minimum 10 / 20 )
TP, Evaluation (minimum 10 / 20 )