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Record Nr.

UNINA9910370252903321

Autore

Falb Peter

Titolo

Direct Methods in Control Problems [[electronic resource] /] / by Peter Falb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2019

ISBN

0-8176-4723-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 311 p. 14 illus.)

Disciplina

515.642

Soggetti

System theory

Control engineering

Robotics

Mechatronics

Calculus of variations

Approximation theory

Probabilities

Computer mathematics

Systems Theory, Control

Control, Robotics, Mechatronics

Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization

Approximations and Expansions

Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes

Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. Introduction -- Introductory Remarks -- Historical Perspective -- Outline of Contents -- Part II. Problem Statement -- Deterministic Systems -- Stochastic Systems -- General Problem -- Part III. The Direct Method Approach: Generalities -- General Approach -- Gradient and Integration Methods -- Representation Methods -- Part IV. Gradient and Integration Methods in Control Problems -- Computation of Gradients for ODE Problems -- Computation of Gradients for PDE Problems -- Integration Methods -- Part V. Representation Methods -- Ritz–Galerkin Expansion -- Karhunen–Loeve Expansion -- Lévy



Processes -- Bibliography -- Index .

Sommario/riassunto

The primary focus of this book is on explicating the direct method approach. Historically, direct methods have not been fully exploited in control problems. The key is constructing convergent minimizing families. Integration methods (for example the gradient method) and representation methods (such as the Ritz-Galerkin and Finite Element methods) are examined in this text in an abstract (with concrete examples) functional analytic way. The aim is to consider direct methods from a unified general point of view and to provide a stimulus for future research. Explicitly, implicitly and by example, potential areas of research interest are indicated. The book is a suitable reference for graduate students, researchers, applied mathematicians, and control engineers. Some of the material is of independent mathematical interest. The work may be used as a text for a graduate course or seminar on direct methods in control. A degree of mathematical sophistication and some knowledge of control theory is required.