PhD David Di Ruscio

Research interests:

Subspace System IDentification (SSID), Combining system identification and optimal and predictive control, time series identification, regularized least squares methods, modeling and control, predictive control, linear algebra, software and numerical algorithms, optimization, applications. Tuning conventional PID controllers. The DSR algorithm

Software:

Mostly MATLAB m-file functions.

IOS Megatuner app link (by Christer Dalen)

App link Description: This site serves a powerful method for tuning PID controllers. Possibly the best tuning site ever. Try it ! Designed to be able to correctly tune a million (Mega) random dynamic single input and single output systems.

Courses I am or have been responsible for (with lecture notes as pdf-files):

• IIA1117 Control Theory with Implementation
• IIA2217 System Identification and Optimal Estimation
• IIAV3017 Advanced Control Engineering

• D0308 Matrix Methods
• Model Predictive Control
• MATLAB course
• IIA1117 Control Engineering: Theory

Some major work in System Identification and Control Theory:

• Closed and Open Loop Subspace System Identification of the Kalman Filter

• Combined Deterministic and Stochastic System Identification and Realization: DSR - A Subspace Approach Based on Observations

• New method for PI controller tuning for integrating plus time delay systems

• Model free optimal control ...

• Model free predictive control (2016)...

Software for Subspace System Identification:

• D-SR Toolbox for Matlab: Download. Available for download also (here).
• D-SR In Norwegian: Download . 
• What is D-SR ? .
• Closed loop Subspace Identification algorithm, the DSR_e.m MATLAB function in D-SR Toolbox for MATLAB
• (D-SR is Free to use for academic purposes.)

Publications:

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