H -Optimal Control and Related Minimax Design Problems

Preface.- A General Introduction to Minimax Designs.- Basic Elements of Static and Dynamic Games.- The Discrete-Time Minimax Design Problem With Perfect State Measurements.- Continuous-Time Systems With Perfect State Measurements.- The Continuous-Time Problem With Imperfect State Measurements.- The Discrete-Time Problem With Imperfect State Measurements.- Performance Levels for Minimax Estimators.- Appendix A: Conjugate Points.- Apendix B: Danskin's Theorem.- References.- List of Corollaries, Definitions, Lemmas, Propositions, Remarks and Theorems

Tamer Basar has held positions in many scientific organizations and has received several distinguished awards. He is currently the Fredric G. and Elizabeth H. Nearing Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and a research professor at the Coordinated Science Laboratory. Dr. Basar is an IEEE Fellow and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

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