Course unit code:

422T1_4I

Course unit title:

Automatic Control Theory I

Mode of delivery, planned learning activities and teaching methods:

lecture – 2 hours weekly (on-site method)
laboratory practice – 3 hours weekly (on-site method)

Credits allocated:

6

Recommended semester:

Automation and Information Engineering in Chemistry and Food Industry – master (full-time, attendance method), 1. semester

Level of study:

2.

Prerequisites for registration:

none

Assesment methods:

The course is evaluated as follows: 30% work during the semester, 30% written examination, and 40% oral examination (theory). Evaluation scale follows the standard scale of the faculty.

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Students know foundations of theory of automatic control, are able to design feedback control of continuous-time processes in state and input-output representations. Students understand Lyapunov stability theory and are able to work with frequency properties of processes.

Course contents:

1.	Linear dynamical systems (allowance 6/6)
	a. State-space process models Transfer funcions of systems Time response of linear systems Frequency analysis
2.	Continuous-time control (allowance 6/6)
	a. State controller and observer Structure of state feedback

Recommended or required reading:

Basic:

• MIKLEŠ, J. – FIKAR, M. Process Modelling, Identification, and Control. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York, 2007. 480 s. ISBN 978-3-540-71969-4.

Language of instruction:

Slovak, English

Assessed students in total:

152

A 31.6 %

B 22.4 %

C 25 %

D 12.5 %

E 6.6 %

FX 1.9 %

Name of lecturer(s):

M. Fikar, L. Galčíková (2025/2026 – Winter)
M. Fikar, L. Galčíková (2024/2025 – Winter)
M. Fikar, L. Galčíková (2023/2024 – Winter)
M. Fikar, L. Galčíková (2022/2023 – Winter)
M. Fikar, L. Galčíková, M. Klaučo, M. Mojto (2021/2022 – Winter)
M. Fikar, R. Paulen (2020/2021 – Winter)
M. Fikar, M. Klaučo, R. Paulen, C. E. Valero (2019/2020 – Winter)
M. Fikar, P. Valiauga (2018/2019 – Winter)
M. Fikar, R. Paulen (2017/2018 – Winter)
M. Fikar, M. Klaučo (2016/2017 – Winter)
M. Fikar, A. Sharma (2015/2016 – Winter)

Course supervisor:

prof. Ing. Miroslav Fikar, DrSc.

Last modification:

4. 2. 2020

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