Introduction

    Overview
    System Requirements
    Default Window Size
    Installation Instructions
    Typographical Conventions

Tutorial

    Quick Start
    A Control Design Example
        Nonlinear Control Design Blockset Startup
        Adjusting Constraints
        Running the Optimization
        Adding Uncertainty

    A System Identification Problem
        Nonlinear Control Design Blockset Startup
        Adjusting Constraints
        Running the Optimization

    Solving the Optimization Problem
    Nonlinear Control Design Blockset Command-Line Interaction
    Nonlinear Control Design Blockset and the Simulink Accelerator
    Printing a Nonlinear Control Design Blockset Constraint Figure

Problem Formulation

    Actuation Limits vs. State Constraints (Physical vs. Design Constraints)
    Minimizing Integrated Positive Signals (Control Energy)
    Noise Inputs
    Tracking
    Disturbance Rejection
    System Identification
    Model Following
    Adaptive Control
    MIMO Systems
    Multimode Control
    Gain Scheduling
    Repeated Parameter Problems
    Simultaneous Stabilization
    Controller Pole (Zero) Placement
    Strong Stabilization

Case Studies

    Case Study 1: PID Controller
        Problem Definition
        Problem Setup
        Problem Solution

    Case Study 2: LQR with Feedforward Controller
        Problem Definition
        Problem Setup
        Problem Solution

    Case Study 3: MIMO PI Controller
        Problem Definition
        Problem Setup
        Problem Solution

    Case Study 4: Inverted Pendulum on Track
        Problem Definition
        Problem Setup
        Problem Solution

Troubleshooting

    Control and Identification
    Optimization
    Nonlinear Control Design Blockset Interface

Reference

    Object Manipulation
        Cursor Modes
        Manipulating Constraints

    Nonlinear Control Design Blockset Menus
        File Menu.
        Edit Menu
        Options Menu
        Optimization Menu
        Style Menu

    Nonlinear Control Design Blockset Control Panel

Appendix

    Optimization Details
        Problem Formulation Details
        Optimization Algorithmic Details

    Representation of Time-Domain Constraints
    Nonlinear Control Design Blockset Global Variable ncdStruct
    LQR Design for Inverted Pendulum

Examples

Printable Documentation (PDF)

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