Optimal Control from Theory to Computer Programs

• 1. Selected Topics from Functional and Convex Analysis.- 2. Optimization Problems.- 3.Numerical Approximation of Elliptic Variational Problems.- 4. Indirect Methods for Optimal Control Problems.- 5. A Control Problems for a Class of Epidemics.- 6. Optimal Control for Plate Problems.- 7. Direct Numerical Methods for Optimal Control Problems.- 8. Stochastic Control Problems.- References.- Topic Index.- Author Index.

From the reviews: "This text provides a comprehensive introduction to several techniques for the numerical computation of control problems governed by (mainly elliptic) partial differential equations (PDE). ... The pseudo-code is clear and well documented ... . This book is most suited for graduate students in applied mathematics, numerical analysis or control engineering." (Andrew C. Eberhard, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1056 (7), 2005)