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2009-2010 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 UMass Dartmouth Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

ECE 582 - Optimal Control Theory

3 credits
3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: ECE 581
The calculus of variation and classical optimal control techniques based on it. Modern control theory is presented including Pontryagin’s principle of maximum and Bellman’s dynamic programming. Relation to Hamiltonian mechanics is discussed.