An introduction to applied optimal control

zbMath0469.49001MaRDI QIDQ1157000

Gregory P. Knowles

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Mathematics in Science and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

controllability; differential games; dynamic programming; numerical computation; partial differential equations; time optimal control; Pontryagin maximum principle; production and inventory control; bang-bang principle; quasi-linearization; finite- difference and multiple shooting; nonautonomous control problems; nonlinear shooting methods; observabilit; state-constrained control problems; terminal payoff

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

49K20: Optimality conditions for problems involving partial differential equations

49L20: Dynamic programming in optimal control and differential games

93B05: Controllability

91A23: Differential games (aspects of game theory)

93C05: Linear systems in control theory

93B07: Observability

65L10: Numerical solution of boundary value problems involving ordinary differential equations

49K30: Optimality conditions for solutions belonging to restricted classes (Lipschitz controls, bang-bang controls, etc.)

49-01: Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to calculus of variations and optimal control

93-01: Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to systems and control theory

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