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Optimal Control
Arturo Locatelli
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Description for Optimal Control
Hardback. Reflects the author's wish to assist in the effective learning of optimal control by suitable choice of topics, the mathematical level used, and by including numerous illustrated examples. This book suits its function and purpose, in that it gives a student a comprehensive coverage of optimal control in an easy-to-read fashion. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PDG; TG; TJFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
From the very beginning in the late 1950s of the basic ideas of optimal control, attitudes toward the topic in the scientific and engineering community have ranged from an excessive enthusiasm for its reputed capability ofsolving almost any kind of problem to an (equally) unjustified rejection of it as a set of abstract mathematical concepts with no real utility. The truth, apparently, lies somewhere between these two extremes. Intense research activity in the field of optimization, in particular with reference to robust control issues, has caused it to be regarded as a source of numerous useful, powerful, and flexible tools ... Read more
From the very beginning in the late 1950s of the basic ideas of optimal control, attitudes toward the topic in the scientific and engineering community have ranged from an excessive enthusiasm for its reputed capability ofsolving almost any kind of problem to an (equally) unjustified rejection of it as a set of abstract mathematical concepts with no real utility. The truth, apparently, lies somewhere between these two extremes. Intense research activity in the field of optimization, in particular with reference to robust control issues, has caused it to be regarded as a source of numerous useful, powerful, and flexible tools ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Basel, Switzerland
ISBN
9783764364083
SKU
V9783764364083
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99-15
Reviews for Optimal Control
"The style of the book reflects the author’s wish to assist in the effective learning of optimal control by suitable choice of topics, the mathematical level used, and by including numerous illustrated examples. The book has been written for undergraduate and postgraduate students who already know control theory, basic linear systems and possess a background in calculus…. In my view ... Read more