Optimal Control

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John Wiley & Sons, Feb 1, 2012 - Technology & Engineering - 552 pages

A NEW EDITION OF THE CLASSIC TEXT ON OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY

As a superb introductory text and an indispensable reference, this new edition of Optimal Control will serve the needs of both the professional engineer and the advanced student in mechanical, electrical, and aerospace engineering. Its coverage encompasses all the fundamental topics as well as the major changes that have occurred in recent years. An abundance of computer simulations using MATLAB and relevant Toolboxes is included to give the reader the actual experience of applying the theory to real-world situations. Major topics covered include:

  • Static Optimization
  • Optimal Control of Discrete-Time Systems
  • Optimal Control of Continuous-Time Systems
  • The Tracking Problem and Other LQR Extensions
  • Final-Time-Free and Constrained Input Control
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Optimal Control for Polynomial Systems
  • Output Feedback and Structured Control
  • Robustness and Multivariable Frequency-Domain Techniques
  • Differential Games
  • Reinforcement Learning and Optimal Adaptive Control
 

Contents

OPTIMAL CONTROL OF DISCRETETIME SYSTEMS
19
OPTIMAL CONTROL OF CONTINUOUSTIME
110
4
177
5
213
DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING
260
OPTIMAL CONTROL FOR POLYNOMIAL SYSTEMS
287
OUTPUT FEEDBACK AND STRUCTURED CONTROL
297
ROBUSTNESS AND MULTIVARIABLE
355
DIFFERENTIAL GAMES
438
REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND OPTIMAL ADAPTIVE
461
APPENDIX A REVIEW OF MATRIX ALGEBRA
518
REFERENCES
527
INDEX
535
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FRANK L. LEWIS is the Moncrief-O'Donnell Professor and Head of the Advanced Controls, Sensors, and MEMS Group in the Automation and Robotics Research Institute of the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Lewis is also a Fellow of the IEEE.

DRAGUNA L. VRABIE is Graduate Research Assistant in Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington, specializing in approximate dynamic programming for continuous state and action spaces, optimal control, adaptive control, model predictive control, and general theory of nonlinear systems.

VASSILIS L. SYRMOS is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

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