This course will cover methods in numerical optimization and optimal control with an emphasis on engineering applications and computation. Topics include differentiation, gradient descent, Newton's ...

For example, recent work has focused on nonconforming virtual element methods (NCVEM) to handle elliptic problems, ... Optimal Control Problem: ...

The Dynamic Programming and Optimal Control class focuses on optimal path planning and solving optimal control problems for dynamic systems. It ... on the personal experience of Professor D’Andrea – ...

An example of such a Bluebook optimal policy exhibit is in the chart pasted below, which is from the latest publicly available Bluebook, from the December 2007 FOMC meeting. Technical ...

Merton, Robert C. "Analytical Optimal Control Theory as Applied to Stochastic and Non-Stochastic Economics." Diss., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1970 ...