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1 Overview
Control theory is
A block diagram of a negative feedback control system. Illustrates the concept of using a feedback loop to control the behavior of a system by comparing its output to a desired value, and
applying the dierence as an error signal to dynamically change
the output so it is closer to the desired output
Control systems may be thought of as having four functions: measure, compare, compute and correct. These
four functions are completed by ve elements: detector,
transducer, transmitter, controller and nal control element. The measuring function is completed by the detector, transducer and transmitter. In practical applications these three elements are typically contained in
one unit. A standard example of a measuring unit is
a resistance thermometer. The compare and compute
functions are completed within the controller, which may
be implemented electronically by proportional control, a
PI controller, PID controller, bistable, hysteretic control
or programmable logic controller. Older controller units
have been mechanical, as in a centrifugal governor or a
carburetor. The correct function is completed with a nal control element. The nal control element changes
an input or output in the control system that aects the
manipulated or controlled variable.
1.1 An example
An example of a control system is a cars cruise control, which is a device designed to maintain vehicle speed
at a constant desired or reference speed provided by the
driver. The controller is the cruise control, the plant is the
car, and the system is the car and the cruise control. The
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CLASSIFICATION
In a closed-loop control system, data from a sensor monitoring the cars speed (the system output) enters a controller which continuously subtracts the quantity representing the speed from the reference quantity representing the desired speed. The dierence, called the error,
determines the throttle position (the control). The result is to match the cars speed to the reference speed
2.2 Frequency domain versus time domain
(maintain the desired system output). Now, when the
car goes uphill, the dierence between the input (the
Mathematical techniques for analyzing and designing
sensed speed) and the reference continuously determines
control systems fall into two dierent categories:
the throttle position. As the sensed speed drops below
the reference, the dierence increases, the throttle opens,
and engine power increases, speeding up the vehicle. In
Frequency domain In this type the values of the
this way, the controller dynamically counteracts changes
state variables, the mathematical variables repreto the cars speed. The central idea of these control syssenting the systems input, output and feedback are
tems is the feedback loop, the controller aects the sysrepresented as functions of frequency. The intem output, which in turn is measured and fed back to the
put signal and the systems transfer function are
controller.
converted from time functions to functions of frequency by a transform such as the Fourier transform,
Laplace transform, or Z transform. The advantage
of this technique is that it results in a simplica2 Classication
tion of the mathematics; the dierential equations
that represent the system are replaced by algebraic
2.1 Linear versus nonlinear control theory
equations in the frequency domain which are much
simpler to solve. However, frequency domain techThe eld of control theory can be divided into two
niques can only be used with linear systems, as menbranches:
tioned above.
Linear control theory This applies to systems made
Time-domain state space representation In this type
of devices which obey the superposition principle,
the values of the state variables are represented as
which means roughly that the output is proporfunctions of time. With this model the system being
tional to the input. They are governed by linear
analyzed is represented by one or more dierential
dierential equations. A major subclass is systems
equations. Since frequency domain techniques are
which in addition have parameters which do not
limited
to linear systems, time domain is widely used
change with time, called linear time invariant (LTI)
to
analyze
real-world nonlinear systems. Although
systems. These systems are amenable to powerful
these
are
more
dicult to solve, modern computer
frequency domain mathematical techniques of great
simulation
techniques
such as simulation languages
generality, such as the Laplace transform, Fourier
have
made
their
analysis
routine.
transform, Z transform, Bode plot, root locus, and
Nyquist stability criterion. These lead to a description of the system using terms like bandwidth,
frequency response, eigenvalues, gain, resonant fre- 2.3 SISO vs MIMO
quencies, poles, and zeros, which give solutions for
system response and design techniques for most sys- Control systems can be divided into dierent categories
depending on the number of inputs and outputs.
tems of interest.
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Single-input single-output (SISO) This is the simplest and most common type, in which one output is
controlled by one control signal. Examples are the
cruise control example above, or an audio system, in
which the control input is the input audio signal and
the output is the sound waves from the speaker.
tem may lead to overcompensation and unstable behavior. This generated a urry of interest in the topic, during which Maxwells classmate, Edward John Routh, abstracted Maxwells results for the general class of linear
systems.[4] Independently, Adolf Hurwitz analyzed system stability using dierential equations in 1877, resulting in what is now known as the RouthHurwitz theo Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) These rem.[5][6]
are found in more complicated systems. For example, modern large telescopes such as the Keck and A notable application of dynamic control was in the area
MMT have mirrors composed of many separate seg- of manned ight. The Wright brothers made their rst
ments each controlled by an actuator. The shape of successful test ights on December 17, 1903 and were
the entire mirror is constantly adjusted by a MIMO distinguished by their ability to control their ights for
active optics control system using input from mul- substantial periods (more so than the ability to produce
tiple sensors at the focal plane, to compensate for lift from an airfoil, which was known). Continuous, relichanges in the mirror shape due to thermal expan- able control of the airplane was necessary for ights lastsion, contraction, stresses as it is rotated and distor- ing longer than a few seconds.
tion of the wavefront due to turbulence in the atmo- By World War II, control theory was an important part of
sphere. Complicated systems such as nuclear reac- re-control systems, guidance systems and electronics.
tors and human cells are simulated by computer as
Sometimes, mechanical methods are used to improve the
large MIMO control systems.
stability of systems. For example, ship stabilizers are ns
mounted beneath the waterline and emerging laterally. In
contemporary vessels, they may be gyroscopically con3 History
trolled active ns, which have the capacity to change their
angle of attack to counteract roll caused by wind or waves
acting on the ship.
The Sidewinder missile uses small control surfaces placed
at the rear of the missile with spinning disks on their outer
surfaces and these are known as rollerons. Airow over
the disks spins them to a high speed. If the missile starts
to roll, the gyroscopic force of the disks drives the control
surface into the airow, cancelling the motion. Thus, the
Sidewinder team replaced a potentially complex control
system with a simple mechanical solution.
The Space Race also depended on accurate spacecraft
control, and control theory has also seen an increasing
use in elds such as economics.
Pierre-Simon Laplace (17491827) invented the Ztransform in his work on probability theory, now
used to solve discrete-time control theory problems.
The Z-transform is a discrete-time equivalent of the
Laplace transform which is named after him.
Alexander Lyapunov (18571918) in the 1890s
marks the beginning of stability theory.
Harold S. Black (18981983), invented the concept
of negative feedback ampliers in 1927. He man-
r +
F
A simple feedback control loop
If we assume the controller C, the plant P, and the sensor F are linear and time-invariant (i.e., elements of
their transfer function C(s), P(s), and F(s) do not depend
on time), the systems above can be analysed using the
Laplace transform on the variables. This gives the folClosed-loop controllers have the following advantages lowing relations:
over open-loop controllers:
disturbance rejection (such as hills in the cruise con- Y (s) = P (s)U (s)
trol example above)
U (s) = C(s)E(s)
guaranteed performance even with model uncertain- E(s) = R(s) F (s)Y (s).
ties, when the model structure does not match perfectly the real process and the model parameters are Solving for Y(s) in terms of R(s) gives
not exact
(
)
P (s)C(s)
unstable processes can be stabilized
Y (s) =
R(s) = H(s)R(s).
1 + F (s)P (s)C(s)
reduced sensitivity to parameter variations
(s)C(s)
The expression H(s) = 1+FP(s)P
(s)C(s) is referred to
as the closed-loop transfer function of the system. The
improved reference tracking performance
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numerator is the forward (open-loop) gain from r to y, and 1st order lter in feedback loop
the denominator is one plus the gain in going around the
feedback loop, the so-called loop gain. If |P (s)C(s)|
1
1 , i.e., it has a large norm with each value of s, and if
F (s) =
|F (s)| 1 , then Y(s) is approximately equal to R(s) and
1 + sTf
the output closely tracks the reference input.
linear actuator with ltered input
5.2
PID controller
u(t) = KP e(t) + KI
e(t)dt + KD
d
e(t).
dt
The desired closed loop dynamics is obtained by adjusting the three parameters KP , KI and KD , often iteratively by tuning and without specic knowledge of a
plant model. Stability can often be ensured using only the
proportional term. The integral term permits the rejection of a step disturbance (often a striking specication in
process control). The derivative term is used to provide
damping or shaping of the response. PID controllers are
the most well established class of control systems: however, they cannot be used in several more complicated
cases, especially if MIMO systems are considered.
P (s) =
A
1 + sTp
K=
1
, Ti = Tf , Td = Tp
A
In contrast to the frequency domain analysis of the classical control theory, modern control theory utilizes the
time-domain state space representation, a mathematical
model of a physical system as a set of input, output
and state variables related by rst-order dierential equations. To abstract from the number of inputs, outputs
and states, the variables are expressed as vectors and the
Applying Laplace transformation results in the trans- dierential and algebraic equations are written in matrix
form (the latter only being possible when the dynamiformed PID controller equation
cal system is linear). The state space representation (also
known as the time-domain approach) provides a convenient and compact way to model and analyze systems with
1
u(s) = KP e(s) + KI e(s) + KD se(s)
multiple inputs and outputs. With inputs and outputs, we
s
would otherwise have to write down Laplace transforms
(
)
1
to encode all the information about a system. Unlike the
u(s) = KP + KI + KD s e(s)
frequency domain approach, the use of the state-space
s
representation is not limited to systems with linear comwith the PID controller transfer function
ponents and zero initial conditions. State space refers
to the space whose axes are the state variables. The state
(
)
of the system can be represented as a point within that
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space.[9][10]
C(s) = KP + KI + KD s .
s
There exists a nice example of the closed-loop system discussed above. If we take
PID controller transfer function in series form
(
)
1
C(s) = K 1 +
(1 + sTd )
sTi
1
1 1.5z 1
X(z) =
Mathematically, this means that for a causal linear system to be stable all of the poles of its transfer function
must have negative-real values, i.e. the real part of each
pole must be less than zero. Practically speaking, stability
requires that the transfer function complex poles reside
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Solutions to problems of uncontrollable or unobservable can be done o-line: for example, executing a series
system include adding actuators and sensors.
of measures from which to calculate an approximated
mathematical model, typically its transfer function or matrix. Such identication from the output, however, cannot
7.3 Control specication
take account of unobservable dynamics. Sometimes the
model is built directly starting from known physical equaSeveral dierent control strategies have been devised in tions, for example, in the case of a mass-spring-damper
the past years. These vary from extremely general ones system we know that m
x(t) = Kx(t) Bx(t)
. Even
(PID controller), to others devoted to very particular assuming that a complete model is used in designing the
classes of systems (especially robotics or aircraft cruise controller, all the parameters included in these equations
control).
(called nominal parameters) are never known with abA control problem can have several specications. Sta- solute precision; the control system will have to behave
bility, of course, is always present. The controller must correctly even when connected to physical system with
ensure that the closed-loop system is stable, regardless of true parameter values away from nominal.
the open-loop stability. A poor choice of controller can Some advanced control techniques include an on-line
even worsen the stability of the open-loop system, which identication process (see later). The parameters of the
must normally be avoided. Sometimes it would be desired model are calculated (identied) while the controller itto obtain particular dynamics in the closed loop: i.e. that self is running. In this way, if a drastic variation of the pathe poles have Re[] < , where is a xed value rameters ensues, for example, if the robots arm releases
strictly greater than zero, instead of simply asking that a weight, the controller will adjust itself consequently in
Re[] < 0 .
order to ensure the correct performance.
Another typical specication is the rejection of a step disturbance; including an integrator in the open-loop chain Analysis
(i.e. directly before the system under control) easily
achieves this. Other classes of disturbances need dierAnalysis of the robustness of a SISO (single input sinent types of sub-systems to be included.
gle output) control system can be performed in the freOther classical control theory specications regard the
quency domain, considering the systems transfer functime-response of the closed-loop system. These include
tion and using Nyquist and Bode diagrams. Topics inthe rise time (the time needed by the control system
clude gain and phase margin and amplitude margin. For
to reach the desired value after a perturbation), peak
MIMO (multi input multi output) and, in general, more
overshoot (the highest value reached by the response becomplicated control systems one must consider the thefore reaching the desired value) and others (settling time,
oretical results devised for each control technique (see
quarter-decay). Frequency domain specications are usunext section). I.e., if particular robustness qualities are
ally related to robustness (see after).
needed, the engineer must shift his attention to a control
Modern performance assessments use some variation of technique by including them in its properties.
integrated tracking error (IAE,ISA,CQI).
Constraints
7.4
A control system must always have some robustness property. A robust controller is such that its properties do not
change much if applied to a system slightly dierent from
the mathematical one used for its synthesis. This specication is important, as no real physical system truly behaves like the series of dierential equations used to represent it mathematically. Typically a simpler mathematical model is chosen in order to simplify calculations, otherwise the true system dynamics can be so complicated
that a complete model is impossible.
System identication
A particular robustness issue is the requirement for a control system to perform properly in the presence of input
and state constraints. In the physical world every signal is
limited. It could happen that a controller will send control
signals that cannot be followed by the physical system, for
example, trying to rotate a valve at excessive speed. This
can produce undesired behavior of the closed-loop system, or even damage or break actuators or other subsystems. Specic control techniques are available to solve
the problem: model predictive control (see later), and
anti-wind up systems. The latter consists of an additional
control block that ensures that the control signal never exceeds a given threshold.
8 System classications
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
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and 1970s were sometimes found to lack robustness.
Examples of modern robust control techniques include H-innity loop-shaping developed by Duncan
McFarlane and Keith Glover of Cambridge University, United Kingdom and Sliding mode control
(SMC) developed by Vadim Utkin. Robust methods
aim to achieve robust performance and/or stability
in the presence of small modeling errors.
Stochastic control deals with control design with uncertainty in the model. In typical stochastic control
problems, it is assumed that there exist random noise
and disturbances in the model and the controller, and
the control design must take into account these random deviations.
Cut-insertion theorem
Feedback
H innity
Hankel singular value
Kreners theorem
Lead-lag compensator
Minor loop feedback
Multi-loop feedback
Energy-shaping control view the plant and the controller as energy-transformation devices. The control strategy is formulated in terms of interconnection (in a power-preserving manner) in order to
achieve a desired behavior.
Positive systems
Signal-ow graphs
Stable polynomial
State space representation
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See also
Underactuation
YoulaKucera parametrization
Markov chain approximation method
Other related topics
Automation and remote control
Bond graph
Control engineering
Controlfeedbackabort loop
PID controller
Process control
Cybernetics
Robust control
Intelligent control
Servomechanism
Systems theory
Control reconguration
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References
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Further reading
Levine, William S., ed. (1996). The Control Handbook. New York: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-84938570-4.
Karl J. strm; Richard M. Murray (2008).
Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists
and Engineers. (PDF). Princeton University Press.
ISBN 0-691-13576-2.
EXTERNAL LINKS
Christopher Kilian (2005). Modern Control Technology. Thompson Delmar Learning. ISBN 14018-5806-6.
Vannevar Bush (1929). Operational Circuit Analysis. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Robert F. Stengel (1994). Optimal Control and Estimation. Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-68200-5.
Franklin; et al. (2002). Feedback Control of Dynamic Systems (4 ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
ISBN 0-13-032393-4.
Joseph L. Hellerstein; Dawn M. Tilbury; Sujay
Parekh (2004). Feedback Control of Computing Systems. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 0-471-26637-X.
Diederich Hinrichsen and Anthony J. Pritchard
(2005). Mathematical Systems Theory I Modelling, State Space Analysis, Stability and Robustness.
Springer. ISBN 3-540-44125-5.
Andrei, Neculai (2005). Modern Control Theory
A historical Perspective (PDF). Retrieved 200710-10.
Sontag, Eduardo (1998). Mathematical Control
Theory: Deterministic Finite Dimensional Systems.
Second Edition (PDF). Springer. ISBN 0-38798489-5.
Goodwin, Graham (2001). Control System Design.
Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-958653-9.
Christophe Basso (2012). Designing Control Loops
for Linear and Switching Power Supplies: A Tutorial
Guide. Artech House. ISBN 978-1608075577.
Briat, Corentin (2015). Linear Parameter-Varying
and Time-Delay Systems. Analysis, Observation, Filtering & Control. Springer Verlag Heidelberg. ISBN
978-3-662-44049-0.
For Chemical Engineering
Luyben, William (1989). Process Modeling, Simulation, and Control for Chemical Engineers. Mc Graw
Hill. ISBN 0-07-039159-9.
13 External links
Control Tutorials for Matlab, a set of workedthrough control examples solved by several dierent
methods.
Control Tuning and Best Practices
Advanced control structures, free on-line simulators
explaining the control theory
"Applying control theory to manage ash erasures/lifespan"
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