Academic Year of Degree:
2026/27
684 - Master's in Industrial Engineering
60876 - Advanced Control
Teaching Plan Information
Academic year:
2026/27
Subject:
60876 - Advanced Control
Faculty / School:
110 - Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura
Tipo de enseñanza:
In person
Ambit:
Industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, automatic engineering, industrial organization engineering, and navigation engineering
Degree:
684 - Master's in Industrial Engineering
ECTS:
3.0
Year:
1
Semester:
266-First semester
684-First semester o Second semester
Subject type:
Compulsory
Module:
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1. General information
This subject expands the training in control theory started in previous subjects, focusing on estimation and state-space control strategies. It also introduces modern techniques in automatic control, providing students with an updated overview of the discipline. The aim is to provide conceptual and practical tools that allow the selection of appropriate strategies, as well as to encourage interest in further exploring this area in their academic or professional development.
2. Learning results
In order to pass this subject, the student must demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
- CO_01: Have adequate knowledge of the scientific and technological aspects of: mathematical, analytical and numerical methods in engineering, electrical engineering, energy engineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, continuum mechanics, industrial electronics, automation, manufacturing, materials, quantitative management methods, industrial computing, urban planning, infrastructures, etc.
- CO_01.1: Have adequate knowledge of the scientific and technical aspects of automation.
- CO_01.2: Understand the economic and labor impact of industrial automation.
- HA_08: Ability to integrate knowledge and face the complexity of making judgments based on information that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to the application of their knowledge and judgments.
- HA_08.1: Ability to integrate knowledge about automation that, being incomplete or limited, includes reflections on social and/or ethical responsibilities.
- HA_16: Ability to design and plan automated production systems and advanced process control.
- HA_16.1: Ability to model, identify and analyze dynamic systems.
- HA_16.2: Ability to design and implement observation and computer-based control algorithms for dynamic systems.
3. Syllabus
- Modeling of systems with internal description.
- Continuous-time and discrete-time multivariable systems.
- Stability, controllability and observability.
- Linear control based on internal description.
- Observers. Control design with state estimation.
- Nonlinear control.
4. Academic activities
THEORY-PRACTICE: 33 contact hours.
- Lecture class (24 h): Includes theoretical sessions and problem-solving classes. Students will be encouraged to work on the problems beforehand.
- Laboratory sessions (6 h): Study and implementation of observation and control strategies.
- Assessment tests (3 h).
SELF-STUDY: 42 hours.
5. Assessment system
Each global assessment exam (first and second calls) will be held on the official date established by the center. The assessments will consist of the following types of exercise:
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Theoretical and problem-solving exercises: Conceptual understanding, analytical capacity, and the rigorous justification of the procedures will be assessed.
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Practical exercises: Computer-aided design of controllers and observers, the correct implementation of these strategies, the interpretation of results, and the proficiency with the tools required for design, simulation, and implementation will be assessed.
Different weights and minimums may be established for each exercise or section within the tests.
Furthermore, in the first call, questionnaires may be conducted in the practical sessions to add a maximum of 1 point on the final grade (only if the final grade of the course were already passed).
6. Sustainable Development Goals
7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
7. Bibliography
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Franklin, G. F., Powell, J. D., & Workman, M. L. (2005). Digital control of dynamic systems (3rd ed., 4th repr.). Pearson Education.
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Ogata, K. (1995). Discrete-Time Control Systems (2nd ed). Prentice Hall.
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Moreno Moreno, L. R., Balaguer Bernaldo de Quirós, C., & Garrido Bullón, L. S. (2003). Ingeniería de control: Modelado, análisis y control de sistemas dinámicos. Ariel España.
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Golnaraghi, M. F., & Kuo, B. C. (2017). Automatic control systems (10th ed). McGraw-Hill Education.
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Ogata, K. (2010). Ingeniería de control moderna (5a. ed). Pearson Educación.
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Franklin, G. F., Powell, J. D., & Emami-Naeini, A. (2020). Feedback control of dynamic systems (8th ed. Global ed). Pearson.
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Smith, C. A., & Corripio, A. B. (2006). Principles and practice of automatic process control (3rd ed). John Wiley & Sons.
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Åström, K. J., Hagglund, T., Dormido Bencomo, S., & Guzmán Sánchez, J. L. (2009). Control PID avanzado. Pearson Educación.
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Bateson, R. N. (2002). Introduction to control system technology (7th ed). Prentice Hall.