1 “... comprehensive introduction to optimal control theory, which has applications in mechanical engineering...”

2 “... improvements based on optimal control theory are suggested. The first part of the book introduces the theory...”

3 Table of Contents: “...Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter One: Parameter Optimization -- Chapter Two: Optimal Control...”

4 “... control theory, of which the Maximum Principle must be considered a cornerstone, has been very popular...”

5 Table of Contents: “... Duality Theory -- General Results and Concepts on Robust and Optimal Control Theory for Evolutive Systems...”

6 “... control theory and to graduate students in pure and applied mathematics and control engineering...”

7 “... theory of differential equations, the theory of rigid body motion, optimal control theory, and the theory...”

8 “... theory and state-space-based optimal control theory and methods for linear and nonlinear systems...”

9 “... optimization, applied optimal control theory, etc...”

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11 “... of optimization, control theory, electrical engineering, computer science, and mathematics...”