Optimal Control of Nonlinear Processes: With Applications in Drugs, Corruption, and Terror

by Doris A. Behrens, Gernot Tragler, Jonathan P. Caulkins, et al.

Book Overview

Dynamic optimization is rocket science - and more. This volume teaches researchers and students alike to harness the modern theory of dynamic optimization to solve practical problems. These problems not only cover those in space flight, but also in emerging social applications such as the control of drugs, corruption, and terror. These innovative domains are usefully thought about in terms of populations, incentives, and interventions, concepts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642096395
• ISBN13: 9783642096396
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"