In the cruise control example, what does des stand for in vdes?
Submitted by: mreiser Submitted on: September 29, 2003 Identifier: L1.1 ‘des’ is short for desired. So in the cruise control example vdes is the desired velocity for the vehicle. In a typical vehicle this would be the desired velocity that the driver would set for the cruise controller. In the case of Bob, the autonomous vehicle, yet another control system would actually set this desired velocity for the cruise control system. On slide # 11, where the cruise control example is shown, there is also a block diagram (upper right corner). In this diagram the ‘reference’ input represents vdes. Calling the desired setpoint a ‘reference input’ is rather common terminology. [Back to Top] • Please define “dynamics” of a system. Submitted by: lars Submitted on: September 29, 2003 Identifier: L1.1 There are two important uses of the word dynamics. One is in reference to the actual physical (biological, financial, etc) phenomenon, and the way it evolves in time, and the second is in reference to a
