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BL
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963104
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b717474
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Optimal control of nonlinear processes : : with applications in drugs, corruption, and terror /\ Dieter Grass [and others].
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Berlin :: Springer-Verlag,, [2008]
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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1281675253
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: 3540776478
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: 9781281675255
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: 9783540776475
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354077646X
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9783540776468
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-529)-and indexes.
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| Contents
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Part 1 : Background. Introduction ; Continuous-time dynamical systems -- Part 2 : Applied optimal control. Tour d'horizon : optimal control ; The path to deeper insight : from Lagrange to Pontryagin ; Multiple equilibria, points of indifference and thresholds -- Part 3 : Advanced topics. Higher-dimensional models ; Numerical methods for discounted systems of infinite horizon ; Extensions of the maximum principle -- Part 4 : Appendices. Mathematical background ; Derivations and proofs of technical results.
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Dynamic optimization is rocket science - & more. This volume teaches how to harness the modern theory of dynamic optimization to solve practical problems, not only from space flight but also in emerging social applications such as the control of drugs, corruption, & terror.
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Drug control-- Mathematical models.
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Mathematical optimization.
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Nonlinear theories.
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Political corruption.
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Terrorism.
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Affaires.
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Economics, Mathematical.
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Economics.
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Economie de l'entreprise.
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Epidemiology.
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Operations research.
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Science économique.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Automation.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Robotics.
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| Dewey Classification
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629.8312
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QA427.O68 2008
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| Added Entry
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Grass, Dieter
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