In technological plants and processes, a desired state or operation sequence is ensured by means of automatic control circuits. Fundamental notions, examples of control problems in continuous and discrete time solved with support of computer program Malab/Simulink are the substantial subjects of the classes.

Principles of automatic control, terminology, tasks. Control system as a tool for designing, modelling, investigating real control circuits.
Block schemes.
Controlled processes, description, modelling, ways of control. Controller selection and its parameter setting from the viewpoint stability and control quality.
Controllers operating continuously and discreetly in time - comparison, special features. Advanced control problems.
All demonstrated by examples continuously processed in MATLAB/Simulink program.

Lectures and exercises are mutually interconnected and hold in computer laboratory with immediate computer demo or own solving problems by means program Matlab/Simulink.

Seborg, D., Edgar, T., Mellichamp, D.: Process Dynamics and Control. John Wiley Sons, New York, Chichester, Brisbane, Toronto, Singapore 1989. ISBN 0-471-86389-0

Ogata, K.: Modern Control Engineering. 4th Ed., Prentice Hall, 2002. ISBN 0-13-060907-2

Previous knowledge of linear algebra, complex calculus, Laplace transform, linear differential equations is advantageous but not essential.

automatic control, control system, block scheme, controllers, stability