Direct Methods in Control Problems

• Main Author: Falb, Peter (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: System theory.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Calculus of variations.; Approximation theory.; Probabilities.; Computer mathematics.; Systems Theory, Control.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization.; Approximations and Expansions.; Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes.; Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis.

The primary focus of this book is on explicating the direct method approach. Historically, direct methods have not been fully exploited in control problems. The key is constructing convergent minimizing families. Integration methods (for example the gradient method) and representation methods (such...