Practical methods for optimal control using nonlinear programming

John T. Betts9780898714883, 0898714885

The focus is on practical methods, i.e., methods that the author has found to actually work. Everything described in the book has been implemented in production software and used to solve real problems.

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Table of contents :
Practical Methods for Optimal Control Using Nonlinear Programming……Page 2
Advances in Design and Control……Page 3
ISBN 0-89871-488-5……Page 5
Contents……Page 8
Preface……Page 10
1 Introduction to Nonlinear Programming……Page 12
2 Large, Sparse Nonlinear Programming……Page 48
3 Optimal Control Preliminaries……Page 72
4 The Optimal Control Problem……Page 92
5 Optimal Control Examples……Page 144
Appendix ……Page 188
Bibliography……Page 192
Index……Page 200