DES2016

Control of Discrete-Event Systems

Study how to model discrete-event systems and design controllers for them.

Learn about how to build different control architectures.

Course Information Sheet

Instructor:

Prof. Kai Cai (Engineering Building F-610)

Email: kai.cai@eng.osaka-cu.ac.jp

Office hour: by email appointment

Lecture Schedule:

Textbook / Reference:

There is no textbook for this course. An essential reference is the following:

"Supervisory Control of Discrete-Event Systems" by W.M. Wonham, University of Toronto,

available for free online http://www.control.toronto.edu/cgi-bin/dldes.cgi

Software:

This course uses software TCT, available for free online

http://www.control.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/dlxptct.cgi

To plot state-transition graph, you need to download software graphviz.zip

Manual of TCT is for download here

Prerequisite:

There is no prerequisite for this course. An undergraduate control course would be a plus, but not required.

Grading:

Homework and Project (tentative):

Course Outline (tentative):

For 2015 course see here.