Optimal Control and the Calculus of Variations |
 | Author: Enid R. Pinch
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
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Pages: 248
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.6
ISBN: 0198514891
Dewey Decimal Number: 820
EAN: 9780198514893
ASIN: 0198514891
Publication Date: October 19, 1995
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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.
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 Superb May 13, 1999
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have read a large number of books on this field. This is by far the most comprehensive book on the subject. It is suitable for self study, and gives a true jist for optimal control
 Not enough words August 22, 1998
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you have a good professor to guide your through, this book may be ok. If you're on your own - forget about it.
A genuinely readable introdution for the applied scientist June 15, 1998
Chris Harris (chris@vissci.ion.ucl.ac.uk) (London, UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is an excellent introduction to the calculus of variations and Pontryagin's Maximum Principle. It is written exceptionally clearly and gives the reader access to the calculus without becoming bogged down in lengthy diffcult proofs (which are left to the end). I recommend this book to any student or scientist who is not a pure mathematician but wishes to understand and apply analytic tools of optimization.
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