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OPTIMAL CONTROL

Specialty Definition: OPTIMAL CONTROL

DomainDefinition

Computing

A control scheme whereby the system response to a commanded input is optimal according to a specified objective function or criterion of performance, given the dynamics of the process to be controlled and the constraints on measuring. Source: European Union. (references)

Electrical Engineering

The control for which the performance index reaches a maximum or a minimum under specified limitations. Source: European Union. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Optimal control

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Optimal Control

The control which minimizes certain cost function is called an Optimal Control.

We Will discuss various topics here. Some of them are

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Optimal control."

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Commercial Usage: OPTIMAL CONTROL

DomainTitle

Books

  • Optimal Control and Viscosity Solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equations (Systems & Control) (reference)

  • Nonlinear Controllability and Optimal Control (reference)

  • Some Iterative Solutions in Optimal Control (reference)

  • Optimal Control of Mechanical Oscillations (Foundation of Engineering Mechanics) (reference)

  • Optimal Control of Singularly Perturbed Linear Systems and Applications (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: OPTIMAL CONTROL

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Health

Preventive doses of tricyclic antidepressants have not been adequately defined and, thus, physicians must be flexible in seeking to achieve optimal control. (references)

People's bodies react to medications in very different and sometimes unpredictable ways, so it may take some time to find the right drug at the right dose to provide optimal control of seizures while minimizing side effects. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: OPTIMAL CONTROL

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

optimal control

7

optimal control theory

7
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Modern Translation: OPTIMAL CONTROL

Language Translations for "OPTIMAL CONTROL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

optimal styring. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

optimale sturing, optimale regeling. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

optimisäätö, optimiohjaus. (various references)

   

French

  

régulation optimale, commande optimale. (various references)

   

German

  

optimale Steuerung, optimale Regelung und Steuerung, Bestzeitsteuerung. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

άριστος έλεγχος. (various references)

   

Italian

  

controllo ottimo. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

optimalay ontrolcay

   

Portuguese

  

controlo óptimo. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

control óptimo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

optimal styrning. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: OPTIMAL CONTROL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-i-l-l-m-n-o-o-o-p-r-t-t"

-3 letters: promotional.

-4 letters: allotropic, collimator, coloration, colorpoint, compatriot, corotation, microtonal, pollinator.

-5 letters: collation, complaint, compliant, contralto, important, prolactin, promotion, tomatillo.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l-l-m-n-o-o-o-p-r-t-t"
 

+5 letters: micropaleontologist.

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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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