TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kirk,Donald E.
TI  - Optimal control theory: an introduction 
SN  - 0486434842
AV  - QA402.3 .K52 2004
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Mineola, N.Y.
PB  - Dover Publications
KW  - Control theory
KW  - Mathematical optimization
N1  - Originally published: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1970 (Prentice-Hall networks series); Includes bibliographical references and index; -- 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
ER  -