300 Years of Optimal Control: From The Brachystochrone to the Maximum Principle

IEEE Control Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 32-44

  Sussmann, Hector J ^a   Willems, Jan C ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; THEOREM PROVING; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

BRACHYSTOCHRONE PROBLEM; CYCLOIDS;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031166541     PISSN: 1066033X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/37.588098     Document Type: Article

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