Computational Optimal Control (PDF)

Computational Optimal Control: Tools and Practice provides a
detailed guide to informed use of computational optimal control in
advanced engineering practice, addressing the need for a better
understanding of the practical application of optimal control using
computational techniques.

Throughout the text the authors employ an advanced aeronautical
case study to provide a practical, real-life setting for optimal
control theory. This case study focuses on an advanced, real-world
problem known as the "terminal bunt manoeuvre" or
special trajectory shaping of a cruise missile. Representing the
many problems involved in flight dynamics, practical control and
flight path constraints, this case study offers an excellent
illustration of advanced engineering practice using optimal
solutions. The book describes in practical detail the real and
tested optimal control software, examining the advantages and
limitations of the technology.

Featuring tutorial insights into computational optimal
formulations and an advanced case-study approach to the topic,
Computational Optimal Control: Tools and Practice provides
an essential handbook for practising engineers and academics
interested in practical optimal solutions in engineering.

* Focuses on an advanced, real-world aeronautical case study
examining optimisation of the bunt manoeuvre

* Covers DIRCOL, NUDOCCCS, PROMIS and SOCS (under the GESOP
environment), and BNDSCO

* Explains how to configure and optimize software to solve
complex real-world computational optimal control problems

* Presents a tutorial three-stage hybrid approach to solving
optimal control problem formulations