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Optimal Control Theory: An Introduction
Contributor(s): Kirk, Donald E. (Author)
ISBN: 0486434842     ISBN-13: 9780486434841
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2004
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Annotation: Geared toward upper-level undergraduates, this text introduces three aspects of optimal control theory: dynamic programming, Pontryagin's minimum principle, and numerical techniques for trajectory optimization. Numerous problems, which introduce additional topics and illustrate basic concepts, appear throughout the text.  Solution guide available upon request. 131 figures. 14 tables. 1970 edition.
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BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Electronics - General
- Computers | Cybernetics
Dewey: 003.5
LCCN: 2003070111
Series: Dover Books on Electrical Engineering
Physical Information: 1" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (1.20 lbs) 452 pages
 
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Optimal control theory is the science of maximizing the returns from and minimizing the costs of the operation of physical, social, and economic processes. Geared toward upper-level undergraduates, this text introduces three aspects of optimal control theory: dynamic programming, Pontryagin's minimum principle, and numerical techniques for trajectory optimization.
Chapters 1 and 2 focus on describing systems and evaluating their performances. Chapter 3 deals with dynamic programming. The calculus of variations and Pontryagin's minimum principle are the subjects of chapters 4 and 5, and chapter 6 examines iterative numerical techniques for finding optimal controls and trajectories. Numerous problems, intended to introduce additional topics as well as to illustrate basic concepts, appear throughout the text.