Infinite Horizon Optimal Control: Deterministic and Stochastic Systems

This work presents a systematic account of the development of infinite horizon optimal control. It is demonstrated that the usual concept of optimality is insufficient as it assumes, a priori, that the objective functional is finite. To avoid this difficulty a hierarchy of optimality concepts have been developed, which serves as a background for the treatment of the usual questions encountered in optimization. Namely, the book investigates necessary conditions for optimality, sufficient conditions for optimality, and the existence of optimal solutions. Read more