Adaptive Control Processes: A Guided Tour

Richard E. Bellman

Published by Princeton University Press 1961

Adaptive Control Processes

A Guided Tour

Richard E. Bellman

Volume 2045 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400874668

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The aim of this work is to present a unified approach to the modern field of control theory and to provide a technique for making problems involving deterministic, stochastic, and adaptive processes of both linear and nonlinear type amenable to machine solution. Mr. Bellman has used the theory of dynamic programming to formulate, analyze, and prepare these processes for numerical treatment by digital computers. The unique concept of the book is that of a single problem stretching from recognition and formulation to analytic treatment and computational solution. Due to the emphasis upon ideas and concepts, this book is equally suited for the pure and applied mathematician, and for control engineers in all fields.

Originally published in 1961.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
INTRODUCTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
CHAPTER I. FEEDBACK CONTROL AND THE CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
CHAPTER II. DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS AND TRANSFORMATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
CHAPTER III. MULTISTAGE DECISION PROCESSES AND DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
CHAPTER IV. DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING AND THE CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
CHAPTER V. COMPUTATIONAL ASPECTS OF DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
CHAPTER VI. THE LAGRANGE MULTIPLIER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
CHAPTER VII. TWO-POINT BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
CHAPTER VIII. SEQUENTIAL MACHINES AND THE SYNTHESIS OF LOGICAL SYSTEMS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
CHAPTER IX. UNCERTAINTY AND RANDOM PROCESSES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
CHAPTER X. STOCHASTIC CONTROL PROCESSES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
CHAPTER XI. MARKOVIAN DECISION PROCESSES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
CHAPTER XII. QUASILINEARIZATION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
CHAPTER XIII. STOCHASTIC LEARNING MODELS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
CHAPTER XIV. THE THEORY OF GAMES AND PURSUIT PROCESSES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	180
CHAPTER XV. ADAPTIVE PROCESSES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
CHAPTER XVI. ADAPTIVE CONTROL PROCESSES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
CHAPTER XVII. SOME ASPECTS OF COMMUNICATION THEORY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
CHAPTER XVIII. SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	232
INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257