Mackenzie, Neil C.2006-12-282006-12-2819961996http://hdl.handle.net/2440/18830Bibliography: leaves 260-282.viii, 312 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.This thesis develops an alternative control strategy, for active noise and vibration control systems, that does not require identification of the cancellation path transfer function. The Independent Quadratic Optimisation algorithm, developed in this work, is meant to optimise the coefficients of the control filter independently.117666 bytesapplication/pdfenNoise control Mathematical models.Vibration Mathematical models.Mathematical optimization.Control theory.Thesis