Optimal Control

A NEW EDITION OF THE CLASSIC TEXT ON OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY

As a superb introductory text and an indispensable reference, this new edition of Optimal Control will serve the needs of both the professional engineer and the advanced student in mechanical, electrical, and aerospace engineering. Its coverage encompasses all the fundamental topics as well as the major changes that have occurred in recent years. An abundance of computer simulations using MATLAB and relevant Toolboxes is included to give the reader the actual experience of applying the theory to real-world situations. Major topics covered include:

• Static Optimization
• Optimal Control of Discrete-Time Systems
• Optimal Control of Continuous-Time Systems
• The Tracking Problem and Other LQR Extensions
• Final-Time-Free and Constrained Input Control
• Dynamic Programming
• Optimal Control for Polynomial Systems
• Output Feedback and Structured Control
• Robustness and Multivariable Frequency-Domain Techniques
• Differential Games
• Reinforcement Learning and Optimal Adaptive Control

FRANK L. LEWIS is the Moncrief-O'Donnell Professor and Head of the Advanced Controls, Sensors, and MEMS Group in the Automation and Robotics Research Institute of the University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Lewis is also a Fellow of the IEEE.

DRAGUNA L. VRABIE is Graduate Research Assistant in Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington, specializing in approximate dynamic programming for continuous state and action spaces, optimal control, adaptive control, model predictive control, and general theory of nonlinear systems.

VASSILIS L. SYRMOS is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.