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

2 Table of Contents: “... -- The Dynamic of the flexible body -- The Dynamic in the Gravitational Field -- The Optimal Control Theory...”

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

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

5 Table of Contents: “... -- Appendix I — Case Studies -- Appendix II — Optimal Control Theory...”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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13 Table of Contents: “...) -- Kinematics of Free-Floating Systems through Optimal Control Theory -- Genericity Conditions for Serial...”

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