Module 1: State Space Representation and Feedback Control

Module 2: Nonlinear System Analysis

Module 3: Stability Analysis Using Lyapunov Methods

Module 4: Optimal Control Theory

Fundamental concepts
Functionals and their variations
Fundamental theorem and boundary conditions
Constrained Minimization techniques
Dynamic Programming
Hamilton’s Principle of Optimality
Jacobi-Bellman Equation
Pontryagin’s Minimum Principle
Formulation of optimal control problems