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Optimal Control Theory: An Introduction (Softcover)

Optimal Control Theory: An Introduction (Softcover)

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Continued from the back cover: "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."

PART I: Describing the System and Evaluating Its Performance
  1. Introduction
  2. The Performance Measure
PART II: Dynamic Programming
  1. Dynamic Programming
PART III: The Calculus of Variations and Pontryagin's Minimum Principle
  1. The Calculus of Variations
  2. The Variational Approach to Optimal Control Problems
PART IV: Interative Numerical Techniques for Finding Optimal Controls and Trajectories
  1. Numerical Determination of Optimal Trajectories
PART V: Conclusion
  1. Summation
Appendices
  1. Useful Matrix Properties and Definitions
  2. Difference Equation Representation of Linear Sampled-Data Systems
  3. Special Types of Euler Equations
  4. Answers to Selected Problems
The book concludes with an Index.

Note from the publisher: "Dover (2004) unabridged republication of the edition published by Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1970. 131 figures. 14 tables. Index x+452pp."
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AUTHOR: Kirk, Donald E.
PUBLISHER: Dover Publications
ISBN-13: 9780486434841
ISBN-10: 0486434842
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