Publisher's Synopsis
For senior level and graduate courses in Calculus of Variations and/or Control Theory, in math or engineering departments.
This is the first truly up-to-date treatment of calculus of variations-and the first to incorporate a simple introduction to key concepts such as optimization, optimal control, bang-bang, Pontryagin's maximum principle, or LQ control design. All material is introduced using simple, easily understood applications that are worked and reprised several times throughout.
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