Optimal Control of Nonlinear Processes: With Applications in Drugs, Corruption, and Terror

by Doris A. Behrens, Gernot Tragler, Jonathan P. Caulkins, et al.

Book Overview

Background.- Continuous-Time Dynamical Systems.- Applied Optimal Control.- Tour d'Horizon: Optimal Control.- The Path to Deeper Insight: From Lagrange to Pontryagin.- Multiple Equilibria, Points of Indifference, and Thresholds.- Advanced Topics.- Higher-Dimensional Models.- Numerical Methods for Discounted Systems of Infinite Horizon.- Extensions of the Maximum Principle.- Appendices.- Mathematical Background.- Derivations and Proofs of Technical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642096395
• ISBN13: 9783642096396
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"