Functional Observability and the Design of Minimum Order Functional Observers

Dr. Tyrone Fernando (University of Western Australia)

SYSTEMS AND CONTROL SERIES

DATE: 2010-03-12
TIME: 11:00:00 - 12:00:00
LOCATION: RSISE Seminar Room, ground floor, building 115, cnr. North and Daley Roads, ANU
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ABSTRACT:
The design of a minimum-order linear functional observer for linear time-invariant systems has been an open problem for over four decades. In this presentation I will outline a solution to this problem. I will also introduce the concept of Functional Observability/Detectability and show that the well-known concept of Observability/Detectability is only a special case of Functional Observability/Detectability. Examples of how to design Functional Observers when the pair (A,C) is not Observable/Detectable will be shown.

BIO:
Tyrone Fernando obtained his bachelor of engineering with honours and the degree of doctor of philosophy from the University of Melbourne in 1990 and 1996 respectively. In 1996 he joined the University of Western Australia, School of Electrical Electronic and Computer Engineering (EECE) where he is currently an Associate Professor and also the Deputy Head of School. He has also been the chair of EECE Teaching and Learning committee for three consecutive years. He is also the recipient of a SURF (Student Unit Reflective Feedback) award in the School of EECE for his teaching in the area of Signals and Systems. His research interests are in Control theory and application of Control theory to Biomedical Engineering. He has also served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine and is a senior member of the IEEE.

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