This page includes all classical control techniques not covered under PID control. This includes cascade, root locus, lead-lag, decoupling control.

ACTC Case Study Reports

The ACTC Case Studies often look at the more advanced control techniques, however, many do look at a Classical control solutions as the basis for comparison. The Case Study Reports that include such designs are:

• British Aerospace: Classical versus Modern Control Design Methods for Safety Critical Control Engineering Practice (CS08/1995) Comparison of Classical and Robust (LQG, H-inf) control for safety critical systems, including a pumped water supply system and flight control system.
• British Steel: Multivariable Decoupling Control of Collector Main Pressure on Coke Ovens (CS09/1995) Multivariable pressure control using decoupled PI and H-inf.

Links to Other Resources

These sites give a brief introduction to Classical Control.

• Control Tutorials for Matlab Has sections that cover Root Locus, Frequency Response, State Space as well as PID.

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