The maximum principle of optimal control: A history of ingenious ideas and missed opportunities

Control and Cybernetics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 973-996

  Pesch, Hans Josef ^a   Plail, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Consulting in Mathematics and Computer Science ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

History of optimal control; Maximum principle

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954523985     PISSN: 03248569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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