Optimal Control with Aerospace Applications
James M. Longuski, Purdue University;
Jose J. Guzmán, Orbital Sciences Corporation;
John E. Prussing, University of Illinois
Springer International Publishing, 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4614-8945-0;
Language: English
Optimal Control with Aerospace Applications introduces graduate-level readers to calculus of variations, elementary computational techniques of optimal control, and shows users how to develop the necessary conditions step-by-step. This book, with problems and an online solution manual, provides readers with enough introductory knowledge not only to read the literature and study the next level textbook, but also to apply the theory to find optimal solutions in practice. No more is needed than the usual background of an undergraduate engineering, science, or mathematics program: namely calculus, differential equations, and numerical integration. Numerous examples are worked to demonstrate how to apply the theories to everything from classical problems (e.g., crossing a river in minimum time) to engineering problems (e.g., minimum-fuel launch of a satellite).
Appendices provide MATLAB code to solve examples in the text.
