Optimal, Predictive and Adaptive Control

An exploration of Linear Quadratic control and predictive control, this volume provides balanced coverage of theoretical foundations, analysis and design methodologies, and application-oriented tools. It presents LQ and LQG control via two alternative approaches, discusses predictive control within the framework of LQ control, and offers a thorough presentation of indirect adaptive multi-step predictive controllers with detailed proofs of globally convergent schemes for both the ideal and the bounded disturbance case.