Optimal Control for Chemical Engineers

Title: Optimal Control for Chemical Engineers
Author: Simant Ranjan Upreti
ISBN: 1439838941 / 9781439838945
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 305
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2013
Availability: In Stock

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Optimal Control for Chemical Engineers gives a detailed treatment of optimal control theory that enables readers to formulate and solve optimal control problems. With a strong emphasis on problem solving, the book provides all the necessary mathematical analyses and derivations of important results, including multiplier theorems and Pontryagin’s principle.

The text begins by introducing various examples of optimal control, such as batch distillation and chemotherapy, and the basic concepts of optimal control, including functionals and differentials. It then analyzes the notion of optimality, describes the ubiquitous Lagrange multipliers, and presents the celebrated Pontryagin principle of optimal control. Building on this foundation, the author examines different types of optimal control problems as well as the required conditions for optimality. He also describes important numerical methods and computational algorithms for solving a wide range of optimal control problems, including periodic processes.

Through its lucid development of optimal control theory and computational algorithms, this self-contained book shows readers how to solve a variety of optimal control problems.

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Preface
Notation

Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Fundamental Concepts
Chapter 3 : Optimality in Optimal Control Problems
Chapter 4 : Lagrange Multipliers
Chapter 5 : Pontryagin’s Minimum Principle
Chapter 6 : Different Types of Optimal Control Problems
Chapter 7 : Numerical Solution of Optimal Control Problems
Chapter 8 : Optimal Periodic Control
Chapter 9 : Mathematical Review

Index