Optimal control theory : an introduction - Kirk, Donald E., 1937- (Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications, 2004)
-- Preface Table of Contents Part I. Describing the System and Evaluating its Performance 1. Introduction 2. The Performance Measure Part II. Dynamic Programming 3. Dynamic Programming Part III. The Calculus of Variations and Pontryagin's Minimum Principle 4. The Calculus of Variations 5. The Variational Approach to Optimal Control Problems Part IV. Iterative Numerical Techniques for Finding Optimal Controls and Trajectories 6. Numerical Determination of Optimal Trajectories Part V. Conclusion 7. Summation Appendices Index
Originally published: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1970 (Prentice-Hall networks series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Control theory; Mathematical optimization