Overview.- Branching points in linear control problems.- Branching pairs in linear control problems.- The nonlinear case.- Linear systems with vector valued performance index.- Nonlinear control systems with vector cost.- Optimal control problems with constraints.
Jacob Kogan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Dr. Kogan received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Weizmann Institute of Science, and has held teaching and research positions at the University of Toronto and Purdue University. His research interests include Text and Data Mining, Optimization, Calculus of Variations, Optimal Control Theory, and Robust Stability of Control Systems.