Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 16.323 (Spring 2008) 
• Course Title:
• Principles of Optimal Control 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Aeronautics and Astronautics 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Jonathan How 
• Course Introduction:
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  16.323 Principles of Optimal Control
  
  
  
  

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  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  
  
  16.323 Principles of Optimal Control
  
  
  
  

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  Graphical representation of a line search equation. (Graph by Jonathan How.)

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course studies basic optimization and the principles of optimal control. It considers deterministic and stochastic problems for both discrete and continuous systems. The course covers solution methods including numerical search algorithms, model predictive control, dynamic programming, variational calculus, and approaches based on Pontryagin's maximum principle, and it includes many examples and applications of the theory.