Optimal Control

Optimal control provides a unified perspective of optimization problems, arising in scheduling and the control of engineering devices, that are beyond the reach of traditional analytical and computational techniques. In addition, the field of optimal control has contributed significant advances to branches of applied mathematics and broad applications in process control, scheduling, robotics, resource economics, and other areas. This text aims to bring together new results and advances in optimal control, providing a self-contained analysis and incorporating numerous simplifications and unifying features for the subjects' key concepts and foundations.