The variance of a state estimate reduced by measurements taken over time. (Image by Prof. Wallace Vander Velde.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Wallace Vander Velde
MIT Course Number
16.322
As Taught In
Fall 2004
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
The major themes of this course are estimation and control of dynamic systems. Preliminary topics begin with reviews of probability and random variables. Next, classical and state-space descriptions of random processes and their propagation through linear systems are introduced, followed by frequency domain design of filters and compensators. From there, the Kalman filter is employed to estimate the states of dynamic systems. Concluding topics include conditions for stability of the filter equations.