In DD control design, once the reference model has been chosen the design follows a well specified algorithm, and thus is completely automated. The choice of reference model must express mathematically either one or some combination of the various control objectives (noise rejection, reference tracking performance, robustness, etc). In order to make a fully automated controller [...]
Many processes behave like a linear dynamic model with a nonlinear static map at its input (in which case the process is referred to as a Hammerstein system) or at its output (resp. a Wiener system). It is standard industrial practice to mitigate the effects of this nonlinear element by the incorporation of its approximate [...]
Data-Driven (DD) control has emerged as a discipline in the first half of the 1990's. DD control consists of methodologies that provide safe auto-tuning controllers and adaptive controllers, which have found a wide range of applications. Our book, published by Springer in 2011, presents an unifying theory for DD control design methods and an overall account of [...]
Fábio Medeiros de Carvalho, M.Sc., will demonstrate how to operate our UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) equipment, and how to collect and manipulate experimental data from it. Several projects have been developed in our group using this facility, and many more will be, so it is important that we get acquainted to it. The seminar will [...]
On Wednesday March 29 at 2pm Rafael Rui will present a seminar about a paper that is being prepared. The paper will be on identification of nonlinear models for biotechnological processes and the seminar will take place at our seminar room.
Profa Lucíola will give the seminar "Nonlinear Identification of a Bioreactor" at the Seminar Room.
Luiz Carlos Stevanatto will present a seminar about different uncertainty structures used in robust control and how to embed in this framework the ellipsoidal uncertainties provided by Prediction Error Identification. This is the theme of his thesis proposal.
Manoel Flores da Cunha will present a seminar on Identification of Systems of the Wiener-Hammerstein Class.
Diego Eckhard has spent the last year working in Stockholm with Hakan Hjalmarsson's group. He will be giving a seminar about this work on Wednesday February 1st 2pm.
Dr. Michel Gevers will be visiting PPGEE-UFRGS from October 30 to November 04. He will give a seminar entitled "Optimal experiment design for open and closed loop identification" - Tuesday November 01 at 2pm.