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Classic Papers in Control Theory

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  • Product Details

    Author:
    Richard Bellman, Robert Kalaba
    Series:
    Dover Books on Engineering
    Format:
    Paperback
    Pages:
    208
    Publisher:
    Dover Publications (November 15, 2017)
    Language:
    English
    ISBN-13:
    9780486818566
    ISBN-10:
    048681856X
    Weight:
    10.4oz
    Dimensions:
    6.14" x 9.21"
    Case Pack:
    38
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    Dover-Dover_09022026_P10562608_onix30_Complete-20260901.xml
    Folder:
    Dover
    List Price:
    $19.95
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    $18.95
    Publisher Identifier:
    P-DOVER
    Discount Code:
    D
    Audience:
    General/trade
    Pub Discount:
    65
    Imprint:
    Dover Publications
  • Overview

    This collection of historically and technically important papers follows a logical line of development from early work in mathematical control theory to studies in adaptive control processes. The book touches upon all the major themes: stability theory, feedback control, time lag, prediction theory, dynamic programming, "bang-bang" control, and maximum principles.
    The book opens with J. C. Maxwell's "On Governors" and continues with "The Control of an Elastic Fluid" by H. Bateman; an essay by editors Bellman and Kalaba, "The Work of Lyapunov and Poincaré"; Hurwitz's "On the Conditions Under Which an Equation Has Only Roots With Negative Real Parts"; Nyquist's "Regeneration Theory"; "Feedback — The History of an Idea" by H. W. Bode; a paper on forced oscillations in a circuit by B. van der Pol; "Self-excited Oscillations in Dynamical Systems Possessing Retarded Action" by N. Minorsky; "An Extension of Wiener's Theory of Prediction" by Zadeh and Ragazzini; "Time Optimal Control Systems" by J. P. LaSalle; "On the Theory of Optimal Processes" by Boltyanskii, Gamkrelidze, and Pontryagin; Bellman's "On the Application of the Theory of Dynamic Programming to the Study of Control Processes"; and the editors' study "Dynamic Programming and Adaptive Processes: Mathematical Foundation." Each paper is introduced with a brief account of its significance and with some suggestions for further reading.