Max-plus methods for nonlinear control and estimation /

Max-plus methods for nonlinear control and estimation /

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Author / Creator:	McEneaney, William M.
Imprint:	Boston : Birkhäuser, c2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 241 p.) : ill.
Language:	English
Series:	Systems and control Systems & control.
Subject:	Nonlinear control theory. Matrices. Matrices. Nonlinear control theory.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8878954

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ISBN:	9780817644536 0817644539 9786610624065 6610624062 0817635343 (Cloth) 9780817635343 (Cloth)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-238) and index. Description based on print version record.
Summary:	"The central focus of this book is the control of continuous-time/continuous-space nonlinear systems. Using new techniques that employ the max-plus algebra, the author addresses several classes of nonlinear control problems, including nonlinear optimal control problems and nonlinear robust/H[alpha] control and estimation problems. Several numerical techniques are employed, including a max-plus eigenvector approach and an approach that avoids the curse-of-dimensionality." "The book will be of interest to applied mathematicians, engineers, and graduate students interested in the control of nonlinear systems through the implementation of recently developed numerical methods. Researchers and practitioners tangentially interested in this area will also find a readable, concise discussion of the subject through a careful selection of specific chapters and sections. Basic knowledge of control theory for systems with dynamics governed by differential equations is required."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: McEneaney, William M. Max-plus methods for nonlinear control and estimation. Boston : Birkhäuser, c2006 0817635343 9780817635343

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Summary:	The control and estimation of continuous-time/continuous-space nonlinear systems continues to be a challenging problem, and this is one of the c- tral foci of this book. A common approach is to use dynamic programming; this typically leads to solution of the control or estimation problem via the solution of a corresponding Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) partial di?erential eq- tion (PDE). This approach has the advantage of producing the "optimal" control. (The term "optimal" has a somewhat more complex meaning in the class of H problems. However, we will freely use the term for such controllers ? throughout, and this meaning will be made more precise when it is not ob- ous. )Thus,insolvingthecontrol/estimationproblem,wewillbesolvingsome nonlinear HJ PDEs. One might note that a second focus of the book is the solution of a class of HJ PDEs whose viscosity solutions have interpretations as value functions of associated control problems. Note that we will brie?y discuss the notion of viscosity solution of a nonlinear HJ PDE, and indicate that this solution has the property that it is the correct weak solution of the PDE. By correct weak solution in this context, we mean that it is the solution that is the value function of the associated control (or estimation) problem. The viscosity solution is also the correct weak solution in many PDE classes not considered here, and references to further literature on this subject will be given.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 241 p.) : ill.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-238) and index.
ISBN:	9780817644536 0817644539 9786610624065 6610624062 0817635343 9780817635343