Introduction to the calculus of variations and its applications /
This comprehensive text provides all information necessary for an introductory course on the calculus of variations and optimal control theory. Following a thorough discussion of the basic problem, including sufficient conditions for optimality, the theory and techniques are extended to problems wit...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Chapman and Hall,
©1995.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This comprehensive text provides all information necessary for an introductory course on the calculus of variations and optimal control theory. Following a thorough discussion of the basic problem, including sufficient conditions for optimality, the theory and techniques are extended to problems with a free end point, a free boundary, auxiliary and inequality constraints, leading to a study of optimal control theory. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 638 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 135143652X 9781351436526 9780203749821 0203749820 9781351436502 1351436503 9781351436519 1351436511 |