This comprehensive text provides all information necessary for an introductory course on the calculus of variations and optimal control theory. Following a thorough discussion of the basic problem, including sufficient conditions for optimality, the theory and techniques are extended to problems with a free end point, a free boundary, auxiliary and inequality constraints, leading to a study of optimal control theory.
By:
Frederic Wan Imprint: Chapman & Hall/CRC Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: 2nd edition Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g ISBN:9780367449247 ISBN 10: 0367449242 Pages: 656 Publication Date:03 December 2019 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
1. The Basic Problem 2. Piecewise-Smooth Extremals 3. Modifications of the Basic Problem 4. A Weak Minimum 5. A Strong Minimum 6. The Hamiltonian 7. Lagrangian Mechanics 8. Direct Methods 9. Dynamic Programming 10. Isoperimetric Constraints 11. Pointwise Constraints on Extremals 12. Nonholonomic Constraints 13. Optimal Control with Linear Dynamics 14. Optimal Control with General Lagrangians 15. Several Independent Variables 16. Linear Theory of Elasticity 17. Plate Theory 18. Fluid Mechanics