Optimal Control Systems

by D. Subbaram Naidu

Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0849308925

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Book Description

The theory of optimal control systems has grown and flourished since the 1960's. Many texts, written on varying levels of sophistication, have been published on the subject. Yet even those purportedly designed for beginners in the field are often riddled with complex theorems, and many treatments fail to include topics that are essential to a thorough grounding in the various aspects of and approaches to optimal control.

Optimal Control Systems provides a comprehensive but accessible treatment of the subject with just the right degree of mathematical rigor to be complete but practical. It provides a solid bridge between "traditional" optimization using the calculus of variations and what is called "modern" optimal control. It also treats both continuous-time and discrete-time optimal control systems, giving students a firm grasp on both methods. Among this book's most outstanding features is a summary table that accompanies each topic or problem and includes a statement of the problem with a step-by-step solution. Students will also gain valuable experience in using industry-standard MATLAB and SIMULINK software, including the Control System and Symbolic Math Toolboxes.

Diverse applications across fields from power engineering to medicine make a foundation in optimal control systems an essential part of an engineer's background. This clear, streamlined presentation is ideal for a graduate level course on control systems and as a quick reference for working engineers.

Customer Reviews

A very useful guide for professional and graduate students involved in control systems.

It is more of a theoretical book and requires prior knowledge of basic control systems. The problems are more mathematically based and there is a lack of linkage to practical use.

The examples are great and can be easily implemented in Matlab.

Also, the author is quite approachable.

This is a well-written book for new learners on optimal control. I am using it as a textbook for a modern control class and find it is of great help. The context is easily readable. The mathematic derivation is carefully elaborated by the author. The author chooses insightful examples and explains them well. Useful matlab codes have been included in the book. A limitation of this book seems to be the miss of the stochastic optimal control Systems (Kalman filter). However, the author said is going to be included in the next edition.