Optimal Control and the Calculus of Variations

Pinch, Enid R.

ISBN 10: 0198514891 / ISBN 13: 9780198514893

Edité par Oxford University Press, 1995

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8. N° de réf. du vendeur G0198514891I4N10

Synopsis :

Optimal control is a modern development of the calculus of variations and classical optimization theory. For that reason, this introduction to the theory of optimal control starts by considering the problem of minimizing a function of many variables. It moves through an exposition of the calculus of variations, to the optimal control of systems governed by ordinary differential equations. This approach should enable students to see the essential unity of important areas of mathematics, and also allow optimal control and the Pontryagin maximum principle to be placed in a proper context. Although this book is written for the advanced undergraduate mathematician, engineers and scientists who regularly rely on mathematics will also find it a useful text.

Présentation de l'éditeur: A paperback edition of this successful textbook for final year undergraduate mathematicians and control engineering students, this book contains exercises and many worked examples, with complete solutions and hints making it ideal not only as a class textbook but also for individual study. The intorduction to optimal control begins by considering the problem of minimizing a function of many variables, before moving on to the main subject: the optimal control of systems governed by ordinary differential equations.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Optimal Control and the Calculus of ...
Éditeur : Oxford University Press
Date d'édition : 1995
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good
Etat de la jaquette : No Jacket