Optimal Control and the Calculus of Variations

Enid R. Pinch

ISBN 10: 0198514891 / ISBN 13: 9780198514893

Editore: Oxford University Press, 1995

Riguardo questo articolo

This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days 395.

Codice articolo C9780198514893

Dati bibliografici

• Titolo: Optimal Control and the Calculus of Variations
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0198514891
• ISBN 13: 9780198514893
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Condizione: New

Descrizione articolo

Riassunto

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.

L'autore

Enid R. Pinch is at University of Manchester.