Full Description
This monograph is the first devoted to optimal syntheses in control theory and focuses on minimum time on 2-D manifolds. The first chapter outlines book results and examples of applicability. Then a quick introduction to geometric methods in control theory is provided. The following chapters contain a deep analysis of single input systems on 2-D manifolds including classifications of optimal syntheses and feedbacks, their singularities, extremals projection and minimum time singularities. Various extensions and applications are also illustrated. The volume is suitable for a graduate level one-semester course on optimal syntheses theory for mathematicians or engineers with a solid mathematical background.
Contents
Introduction.- Geometric Control.- Time Optimal Synthesis for 2-D Systems.- Generic Properties of the Minimum Time Function.- Extremal Synthesis.- Projection Singularities.- A. Some Technical Proofs of Chapter 2.- B. Bidimensional Sources.- References.- Index.