Adaptive lambda-tracking for systems with higher relative degree

Dipl.-Ing Eric Bullinger

   Zeit: Dienstag, 30. 01. 2001, 16:00
   Ort: Hörsaal V 9.31 Pfaffenwaldring 9, Universitätsbereich Stuttgart-Vaihingen

Abstract:

For many plants there exists no suitable process model. Designing a controller is then very time consuming or results in a complex controller. This is often not justified, especially if the main goal is to keep certain values within bounds. This goal can be achieved with a lambda-tracking controller, a very simple controller that nevertheless guarantees stability and is robust with respect to plant uncertainty. In this presentation an introduction and overview over the field of adaptive lambda-tracking will be given. Applications in anaestesia will be discussed.

Biographical Sketch:

Eric Bullinger graduated from ETH Zürich with a diploma in electrotechnical engineering in 1995. From October 1995 to September 1999 he has been a research and teaching assistant at the Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zürich; and since October 1995 a Ph.D. student at the Department of Electrical Engineering at ETH Zürich. He was president of the Assistants' Association of the ETH Zürich, AVETH, in 1999, and is presently (since October 1999) a research and teaching assistant at the Institute for Systems Theory in Engineering at the University of Stuttgart.