Optimal Control

Optimal Control brings together many of the important advances in 'nonsmooth' optimal control over the last several decades concerning necessary conditions, minimizer regularity, and global optimality conditions associated with the Hamilton Jacobi equation. The book is largely self-contained and incorporates numerous simplifications and unifying features for the subject s key concepts and foundations.
This book is an excellent presentation of the foundations and application of nonsmooth optimal control for postgraduates, researchers, and professionals in systems, control, optimization, and applied mathematics.

List of contents

From the contents:
Preface
Notation
Overview
Measurable Multifunctions and Differential Inclusions
Variational Principles
Nonsmooth Analysis
Subdifferential Calculus
The Maximum Principle.-The Extended Euler Lagrange and Hamilton Conditions
Necessary Conditions for Free Time Problems
The Maximum Principle for State Constrained Problems
The Extended Euler Lagrange Condition and Hamilton Inclusion for State Constrained Problems.-Regularity of Minimizers
Dynamic Programming
Index.

About the author

Richard Vinter is Head of the Control and Power Research Group at Imperial College London.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Vinter
• Publisher: Springer, Basel
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2009
• EAN: 9780817640750
• ISBN: 978-0-8176-4075-0
• No. of pages: 507
• Weight: 912 g
• Illustrations: 13 SW-Abb., 13 SW-Zeichn.
• Series: Systems & Control: Foundations & Applications; Systems & Control: Foundations & Applications
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Miscellaneous