AN INTRODUCTION TO OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY.

Abstract

The report presents an introduction to some of the concepts and results currently popular in optimal control theory. The introduction is intended for someone acquainted with ordinary differential equations and real variables, but with no prior knowledge of control theory. The material covered includes the problems of controllability, controllability using special (e.g., bang-bang) controls, the geometry of linear time optimal processes, general existence of optimal controls, and the Pontryagin maximum principle. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0703193

Entities

People

  • Aaron Strauss

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Mathematics
  • Computational Science
  • Control Theory
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Geometry
  • Mathematics
  • Real Variables

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Library and Information Science
  • Operations Research
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