16.323 Principles of Optimal Control, Spring 2006
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Highlights of this Course
Course Description
This course studies the principles of deterministic optimal control. It uses variational calculus and Pontryagin's maximum principle. It focuses on applications of the theory, including optimal feedback control, time-optimal control, and others. Dynamic programming and numerical search algorithms are introduced briefly.