Dynamics and Control

VU Course ID: 00172
Curriculum: 6 weeks
Fee: FREE
Textbooks: None
Prerequisites: None
Instructor: Pedro Albertos
Provider: University of Valencia (via edX)
Recordable: This course can be recorded in your VU transcript.

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starts Class starts April 14, 2015

Course Description

This is an interactive course about the basic concepts of Systems, Control and their impact in all the human activities. The basic concepts of systems, dynamics, structure and control will be introduced, and then we will look at many examples in nature and human- made devices, to realize that the dynamic behavior of most systems can be modified by adding a control system. Later in the course, we will see how knowing how to evaluate the dynamic behavior of a system and measure its performance will provide the tools to design new controlled systems fulfilling some requirements.

Control technology is said to be a hidden technology. We do not notice it under normal operation, but it appears if a failure happens. Looking around in nature and at human-made devices, we realize that their behavior presents analogies and that we can manipulate their temporal evolution. Characterizing the dynamic behavior of systems and the possibility to change it by introducing control devices is the main focus of the course. You’ll learn to analyze the dynamic properties of a system and the options to change its behavior according to some requirements, and you’ll examine the basic concepts to undertake further studies in control engineering and its use in a variety of disciplines, from human and social sciences to any engineering field.

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