![]() ![]() A course based on this book will be a pleasure to take."-Andrew R. Liberzon nicely balances rigor and accessibility, and provides fascinating historical perspectives and thought-provoking exercises. "A very scholarly and concise introduction to optimal control theory. All in all, it is a first-rate, enjoyable text."-Zvi Artstein, Mathematical Reviews Clippings What impresses me most is the careful balance between the formal derivations and the explanations that precede or accompany the statements and proofs. If you plan to teach a first course to advanced students on the calculus of variations and optimal control and you like the selection of topics that the author has chosen to present (and I do), it is the text you need. "This is an extremely well-crafted textbook. his book is well written, it fully deserves all its goals mentioned at the beginning of the review, and is a pleasure to read it."-Marian Muresan, Mathematica The graphical presentation of the book is pleasant. Just to make it clear this following book is not written by the author of the first book. Previously, I read and reviewed another book on this mathematical topic named The Introduction to the Calculus of Variations that is also published by Dover. The author of the book presents a large list of references and a detailed index of notions, names, and symbols. I have chosen this book to further explore the topics around Calculus of Variations. The exercises are merely problems or even theorems. ![]() "Each chapter ends with a rich and useful section of notes and references. The long awaited second edition of Dynamic Optimization is now availa.
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