Control Theory in Physics and other Fields of Science Concepts, Tools, and Applications /

• Main Author: Schulz, Michael (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 215
• Subjects: Physics.; Calculus of variations.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization.

This book covers systematically and in a simple language the mathematical and physical foundations of controlling deterministic and stochastic evolutionary processes in systems with a high degree of complexity. Strong emphasis is placed on concepts, methods and techniques for modelling, assessment a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Deterministic Control Theory
• Linear Quadratic Problems
• Control of Fields
• Chaos Control
• Non-Equilibrium Statistical Physics
• Optimal Control of Stochastic Processes
• Filters and Predictors
• Game Theory
• Optimization Problems.