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.
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.