02559oam 22005174 450 991100477530332120230617014633.00-486-13507-11-62198-596-2(CKB)2670000000406688(EBL)1894759(MiAaPQ)EBC1894759(Au-PeEL)EBL1894759(OCoLC)868270303(EXLCZ)99267000000040668820141222d2004|||| u|| |engurcnu|||unuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOptimal Control Theory An Introduction / Donald E. Kirk1st ed.Mineola, N.Y. :Dover Publications,20041 online resource (761 pages)Dover Books on Electrical EngineeringDescription based upon print version of record.0-486-43484-2 Part I: Describing The System And Evaluating Its Performance -- Part II: Dynamic Programming -- Part III: The Calculus Of Variations And Pontryagin's Minimum Principle -- Part IV: Iterative Numerical Techniques For Finding Optimal Controls And Trajectories -- Part V: ConclusionOptimal 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.Dover Books on Electrical Engineering SeriesOptimal Control TheoryMathematical optimizationControl theoryMathematical optimization.Control theory.629.8312Kirk Donald E.760542AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeEL6680BOOK9911004775303321Optimal control theory1539033UNINA