Optimal Trajectory Tracking of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

• Main Author: Löber, Jakob (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Dynamics.; Ergodic theory.; Calculus of variations.; Vibration.; Dynamical systems.; Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory.; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory.

By establishing an alternative foundation of control theory, this thesis represents a significant advance in the theory of control systems, of interest to a broad range of scientists and engineers. While common control strategies for dynamical systems center on the system state as the object to be c...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Exactly Realizable Trajectories
• Optimal Control
• Analytical Approximations for Optimal Trajectory Tracking
• Control of Reaction-Diffusion System.