Principles of Optimal Control OpenCourseWare: A Free MIT Graduate Study Course on Deterministic Optimal Control

Published Jan 12, 2009

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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) free OpenCourseWare aeronautics and astronautics class 'Principles of Optimal Control' teaches students how to optimize physical problems and use techniques to obtain parameter estimations for models describing these problems. This course is geared towards Engineering students who have taken courses in linear algebra and differential equations.

Principles of Optimal Control: Course Specifics

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Principles of Optimal Control: Course Description

The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT in Cambridge, MA, offers OpenCourseWare in the 'Principles of Optimal Control.' This course focuses on optimization according to specific models. Lectures cover a variety of optimization methods, including problems with and without constraints, search algorithms and methods for both deterministic and stochastic problems. The course includes considerable numerical examples using the computational software package MATLAB. By the end of the course, students should be able to obtain predictive models using the optimization techniques covered. Engineering professor Dr. Jonathan How teaches this course. Students must have MATLAB software to complete assignments.

This OpenCourseWare includes a syllabus, required readings list, lecture notes, assignments, exams and a full download of all the course material. Those interested in this free course should visit the Principles of Optimal Control course page.

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