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Two sessions / week
1.5 hours / session


Recitations

Three sessions / week
1 hour / session

All three recitation sections will cover the same material.


Homework

Generally handed out every Wednesday, and due in class a week later (except as noted on schedule), at which time solutions will be handed out.


Midterm and Final

• In Class Midterm: 3 days after the test review.
• Take-home Final Test.

Tests must be turned in within 24 hours.


Grading

The course grade will depend on: (a) your involvement in the subject (30%), as evidenced mainly by your homework, but also by your interaction with the TAs and instructor; (b) your performance on the the take-home test (35%); and the final exam (35%).


Homework Policy

The homeworks are not intended as tests, but as vehicles for learning, complemented by the homework solutions that we hand out, and by any discussions that you have about the problems. Moderate collaboration on homework with your classmates is permitted. Discussions with the TAs and instructor are encouraged. There is no harm in seeking minor assistance from others who are knowledgeable but not involved in the class, although we would much prefer that your discussions be with those in the class.

We expect each of you to put in enough time alone to understand the specific difficulties and issues raised by each homework problem. We also expect that you will independently write up the actual solutions that you turn in, and not give us direct copies of a classmate's solutions! You should note on your solutions the names of those you have collaborated with or obtained help from.

We will feel free to use problems from previous terms. For obvious reasons, any use of written solutions from previous terms is strongly discouraged --- you will gain very little in the short run, and you will lose significantly on the opportunity to genuinely master the material.


Computer Use

It is important that you give us an e-mail address for yourself, and important that you check it frequently (daily?), as there will quite likely be administrative and other messages sent out from time to time by the 6.241 teaching staff.

Homeworks this term will make some use of MATLAB®, a package for numerical linear algebra. You should start familiarizing yourself with MATLAB® right away, if you have not worked with it before.


Notes and Texts

There is no required text. Lecture notes by Mohammed Dahleh, Munther A. Dahleh, and George Verghese are available. Other texts that you may wish to examine at some point are:

Luenberger, D. G. Introduction to Dynamic Systems. New York, NY: Wiley, 1979. ISBN: 0471025941.

Kailath, T. Linear Systems. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1979. ISBN: 0135369614.

Doyle, J. C., B. A. Francis, and A. R. Tannenbaum. Feedback Control Theory. New York, NY: Macmillan, 1992. ISBN: 0023300116.

Vaccaro, R. J. Digital Control: A State-Space Approach. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1995.