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Fundamentals of Optimal Control Theory

  • Unit Coordinator: Jan Cermak
  • ECTS Credits: 4
  • Semester: 1
  • Year: 2
  • Campus: Brno University of Technology
  • Language: English
  • Aims:

    The aim of the course is to explain basic ideas and results of the optimal control theory, demonstrate the utilized techniques and apply these results to solving practical variational problems.

  • Content:

    1. The scheme of variational problems and basic task of optimal control theory.

    2. Maximum principle.

    3. Time-optimal control of an uniform motion.

    4. Time-optimal control of a simple harmonic motion.

    5. Basic results on optimal controls.

    6. Variational problems with moving boundaries.

    7. Optimal control of systems with a variable mass.

    8. Optimal control of systems with a variable mass (continuation).

    9. Singular control.

    10. Energy-optimal control problems.

    11. Variational problems with state constraints.

    12. Variational problems with state constraints (continuation).

    13. Solving of given problems.

  • Pre-requisites:

    The aim of the course is to explain basic ideas and results of the optimal control theory, demonstrate the utilized techniques and apply these results to solving practical variational problems.

  • Reading list:
    • Pontrjagin, L. S. - Boltjanskij, V. G. - Gamkrelidze, R. V. - Miščenko, E. F.: Matematičeskaja teorija optimalnych procesov, Moskva, 1961.
    • Lee, E. B. - Markus L.: Foundations of optimal control theory, New York, 1967.
  • Additional info:

    The course familiarises students with basic methods used in the modern control theory. This theory is presented as a remarkable example of the interaction between practical needs and mathematical theories. Also dealt with are the following topics: Optimal control. Pontryagin's maximum principle. Time-optimal control of linear problems. Problems with state constraints. Singular control. Applications.

General academic module (social module)

  • ECTS Credits: 2
  • Semester: 1
  • Year: 2
  • Campus: University of Silesia in Katowice
  • Language: English

German as a foreign language for international master programs (A1)

  • Code: DT0668
  • Unit Coordinator: Kathrin Heuking
  • ECTS Credits: 3
  • Semester: 2
  • Year: 1
  • Campus: Hamburg University of Technology
  • Aims:
    • To understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to familiar everyday expressions, university life and its requirements.
    • To describe your place of residence and the city of Hamburg.
    • To complete simple forms.
    • To impart basic grammar structures and vocabulary.
    • To enable to read and understand.
  • Content:
    • To introduce somebody to somebody,
    • Talking about yourself;
    • Alphabet,
    • Spelling,
    • So called "w-questions",
    • Numbers (1-1 Mio),
    • Time,
    • Days of the week,
    • Pronunciation.
    • Simple role plays.
    • Grammar: word order, construction of German sentences, affirmative sentence, questions, regular verbs → present tense, auxiliary verbs "haben" and "sein", pronouns (Nominativ), negative answer to a question "nicht" and "kein". 
  • Reading list:

    Will be announced in lectures.

Graphs and algorithms

  • ECTS Credits: 4
  • Year: 2
  • Campus: Brno University of Technology
  • Language: English
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