CONTROL THEORY IN NEUROSCIENCE   [Archived Catalog]
2018-2019 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog
   

BIOENG 2696 - CONTROL THEORY IN NEUROSCIENCE


Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
Control theory is an important tool for understanding the function of the nervous system. This course introduces the general principles of control theory and its application in neuroscience. Neuroscience topics to be covered include: neural mechanisms of arm and eye movement control; balance and posture; internal models; cortex, cerebellum, basal ganglia, and spinal cord. Control theory topics include the laplace transform; block diagrams and transfer functions; state-space description; system responses; phase-lead and phase-lag compensators; PID controllers. Knowledge of differential equations is required.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PROG: Swanson School of Engineering


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