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    Generalities

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    Informations

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      University: Abderrahmane Mira University - Bejaia 

      Faculty: Faculty of Technology

      Department: ATE Department

      Target Audience: 3rd Engineer in Automatic & Intelligent Systems (AIS)

      Course Title: Automatic Control Of Continuous Linear Systems.

      Semester: S5

      Coefficient: 4

      Credits:  6

      Weekly hours: 90h00

      Room: B2S2

      University teacher:

      Lectures, Tutorials, and Practical Sessions: Dr. SOUAIDIA Chouaib 

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      Contact Information: 

      University teacher: 

      University Teacher: Dr. SOUAIDIA Chouaib 

      Contact: by email at chouaib.souaidia@univ-bejaia.dz

                     by Mobile/WhatsApp : 05.42.91.33.68

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    Main Objectives & Competencies

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      Main Objective

      The main objective of this course is to equip students with the theoretical and practical foundations needed to analyze, design, and implement systems that regulate themselves without continuous human intervention. Students learn how to model dynamic systems mathematically — using differential equations, transfer functions, and state-space representations — and evaluate system behavior in terms of stability, accuracy, and transient response. They also design controllers such as PID controllers that make a system respond in a desired way. The course bridges mathematics and engineering, enabling students to understand how feedback loops are used in real-world applications — from robotics and aerospace to industrial processes and consumer electronics — ensuring systems perform reliably and efficiently under varying conditions.

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    Prerequisites & Entry Requirements

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      To succeed in this course, students should have:

      • English proficiency basic level
      • A solid grasp of linear algebra concepts (matrices, vector spaces, and linear mappings).
      • Knowledge of differential equations (ODEs).
      • An undergraduate background in electrical circuits and signals.
      • System modeling.
      • Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink is strongly recommended.

    • Level test Quiz
      Opened: Tuesday, 9 June 2026, 6:46 PM
      Closes: Wednesday, 9 June 2027, 6:46 PM

      This test determines whether the student has the abilities to enroll in this course.

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    Course Syllabus & General Plan

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    • Chapters Page
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    Virtual Office

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    Chapter 1: General Information On Control Systems

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    • This section explains the basic definitions about a control system, essential components of it (plant, controller, sensors and actuators), as well as open loop vs closed-loop control (feedback) configurations. The chapter also discusses the basic goals of control like stability, nature of response and disturbance rejection; it provides an understanding about modeling continuous linear systems which is necessary to perform further analysis and design in latter chapters.

    • Chapter_1 File

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    • Task 1 Assignment
      Opened: Wednesday, 20 May 2026, 12:00 AM
      Due: Saturday, 6 June 2026, 12:00 AM

      This assessment allows students to review and examine the knowledge they acquired in chapter 1.

    • Internal Forum of Chapter 1

      This Forum allows students to share their thoughts and ideas regarding chapter 1.

    • Technical Glossary
    • Chapter1_SCORM SCORM package
      Opened: Tuesday, 9 June 2026, 9:21 PM
      Closed: Monday, 15 June 2026, 9:21 PM

    • In this section additional documentation has been added of chapter 1

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    • MATLAB Online URL

    •  Lab1 Tutorial Step by Step:


       

        

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    Chapter 2: Representation Of Control Systems

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    • The Control Systems Representation deals with the mathematical tools and methods for the modelling and description of the behaviour of continuous linear control systems. The book explains how differential equations are derived and used as the basic mathematical description of dynamic systems. It also introduces the Laplace transform as a powerful technique for converting differential equations into the algebraic domain. The chapter then introduces the concept of the transfer function as the ratio of output to input in the s-domain, the standard representation for linear time-invariant systems. It also introduces block diagrams and signal flow graphs as graphical tools for visualising system structure and simplifying complex interconnections . It provides the essential modelling framework needed for system analysis and controller design .

    • Chapter_2 File

    • Chapter2_SCORM SCORM package
      Opened: Tuesday, 9 June 2026, 10:40 PM
      Closes: Wednesday, 9 June 2027, 10:40 PM
    • Task 2 Assignment
      Opened: Saturday, 30 May 2026, 12:00 AM
      Due: Saturday, 6 June 2026, 12:00 AM

      This assessment allows students to review and examine the knowledge they acquired in Chapter 2.

    • Internal Forum of Chapter 2

      This Forum allows students to share their thoughts and ideas regarding chapter 2.

    • In this section additional documentation has been added of chapter 2

    • Lab2 File
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    Additional Resources

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    Final Certification Exam

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    • Output Test Quiz
      Opened: Saturday, 30 May 2026, 11:57 PM
      Closes: Sunday, 30 May 2027, 11:57 PM
    • Opinions exchange Forum
    • Automatic for 3rd Engineering Wiki

      This Moodle wiki serves as the collaborative reference guide for the lecture Automatic Control of Continuous Linear Systems. It covers the mathematical foundations and practical methods used to analyze and design feedback control systems for plants modeled by linear ordinary differential equations with constant coefficients.

      The course focuses on continuous-time systems described by transfer functions and state-space representations. Students study open-loop and closed-loop system behavior, stability criteria, and systematic design techniques for industrial controllers such as P, PI, and PID regulators.

      This wiki is intended to grow throughout the semester as students contribute notes, examples, solved problems, and corrections.

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    Bibliography

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      • Kuo, B.C., 1987. Automatic control systems. Prentice Hall PTR.
      • Ogata, K., 2010. Modern control engineering. Prentice hall.
      • Bishop, R.C.D.R.H., 2011. Modern control systems.
      • Ogata, K., 2010. Modern control engineering. Prentice hall.
      • Franklin, G., Powell, J.D. and Emami-Naeini, A., 1994, November. Feedback control of dynamic systems, 3e. In ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (Vol. 14148, pp. 1053-1054). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
      • Granjon, Y., 2001. Automatique: systèmes linéaires, non linéaires, à temps continu, à temps. Dunod.