| Classic Papers in Control Theory Contributor(s): Bellman, Richard (Editor), Kalaba, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 048681856X ISBN-13: 9780486818566 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Electrical - Technology & Engineering | Robotics |
| Dewey: 629.831 |
| LCCN: 2017022367 |
| Series: Dover Books on Engineering |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.60 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of historically and technically important papers follows a logical line of development from early work in mathematical control theory to studies in adaptive control processes. The book touches upon all the major themes: stability theory, feedback control, time lag, prediction theory, dynamic programming, "bang-bang" control, and maximum principles. The book opens with J. C. Maxwell's "On Governors" and continues with "The Control of an Elastic Fluid" by H. Bateman; an essay by editors Bellman and Kalaba, "The Work of Lyapunov and Poincar "; Hurwitz's "On the Conditions Under Which an Equation Has Only Roots With Negative Real Parts"; Nyquist's "Regeneration Theory"; "Feedback -- The History of an Idea" by H. W. Bode; a paper on forced oscillations in a circuit by B. van der Pol; "Self-excited Oscillations in Dynamical Systems Possessing Retarded Action" by N. Minorsky; "An Extension of Wiener's Theory of Prediction" by Zadeh and Ragazzini; "Time Optimal Control Systems" by J. P. LaSalle; "On the Theory of Optimal Processes" by Boltyanskii, Gamkrelidze, and Pontryagin; Bellman's "On the Application of the Theory of Dynamic Programming to the Study of Control Processes"; and the editors' study "Dynamic Programming and Adaptive Processes: Mathematical Foundation." Each paper is introduced with a brief account of its significance and with some suggestions for further reading. |