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Optimal control is an important part of optimization, with many applications in different areas, especially in engineering. In this last chapter, we will simply study the basic ideas for tackling such problems. In particular, we will focus on Pontryagin’s maximum principle, trying to insist on its importance through several examples.
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Pedregal, P. (2004). Optimal Control. In: Introduction to Optimization. Texts in Applied Mathematics, vol 46. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21680-4_6
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