This book introduces a student to Pontryagin's "Maximum" Principle in a tutorial style. How to formulate an optimal control problem and how to apply Pontryagin'

A rigorous introduction to optimal control theory, which will enable engineers and scientists to put the theory into practice.

This book provides an introductory yet rigorous treatment of Pontryagin’s Maximum Principle and its application to optimal control problems when simple and co

The calculus of variations is used to find functions that optimize quantities expressed in terms of integrals. Optimal control theory seeks to find functions th

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