Optimal Control: Calculus of Variations, Optimal Control Theory and Numerical Methods (Hardcover, 1993)

Optimality Conditions and Algorithms.- Tent Method in Optimal Control Theory.- Pontryagin's Maximum Principle for Multidimensional Control Problems.- An Algorithm for Abstract Optimal Control Problems Using Maximum Principles and Applications to a Class of Distributed Parameter Systems.- Convexification of Control Problems in Evolution Equations.- Semidiscrete Ritz-Galerkin Approximation of Nonlinear Parabolic Boundary Control Problems.- Iterative Methods for Optimal Control Processes governed by Integral Equations.- Solving Equations a Problem of Optimal Control.- On the Minimax Optimal Control Problem and Its Variations.- Numerical Methods.- Trajectory Optimization Using Sparse Sequential Quadratic Programming.- Numerical Solution of Optimal Control Problems by Direct Collocation.- Reduced SQP Methods for Nonlinear Heat Conduction Control Problems.- Analysis and Synthesis of Nonlinear Systems.- Decomposition and Feedback Control of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems.- A Discrete Stabilizing Study Strategy for a Student Related Problem under Uncertainty.- Stability Conditions in Terms of Eigenvalues of a Nonlinear Optimal Controlled System.- Program-Positional Optimization for Dynamic Systems.- Synthesis of Bilinear Controlled Systems with Delay.- Constructing Feedback Control in Differential Games by Use of "Central" Trajectories.- Applications to Mechanical and Aerospace Systems.- Singular Pertubation Time-Optimal Controller on Disk-Drives.- Optimal Design of Elastic Bars.- Combining Indirect and Direct Methods in Optimal Control: Range Maximization of a Hang Glider.- Periodic Optimal Trajectories with Singular Control for Aircraft with High Aerodynamic Efficiency.- Optimal Flight Paths with Constrained Dynamic Pressure.- Optimal Ascent of a Hypersonic Space Vehicle.- Controllability Investigations of a Two-Stage-to-Orbit Vehicle.- Optimal Design of a Mission to Neptune.