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Optimal Control

Optimal Control is a mathematical optimization framework within control theory that determines the best possible control policy for steering a dynamic system over time, distinguished by its reliance on performance criteria formalized through cost function minimization.

49.9K

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68.1K

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7.4K

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Optimal Control Theory

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Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning

Volodymyr Mnih, Koray Kavukcuoglu, David Silver et al. · Nature · 2015 · 30K citations

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Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction

Richard S. Sutton, Andy Barto · IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks · 1998 · 27.1K citations

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Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction

IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks · 2005 · 25.8K citations

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YALMIP : a toolbox for modeling and optimization in MATLAB

Johan Löfberg · 2005 · 9.2K citations

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Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction

Jeffrey D. Johnson, Jinghong Li, Zengshi Chen · Neurocomputing · 2000 · 8.7K citations

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Authors

68.1K

  1. FL
    Frank L. Lewis

    The University of Texas at Arlington, United States

    178 publications · 27.6K citations

    74

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  2. DL
    Derong Liu

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    135 publications · 17.1K citations

    74

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  3. MM
    Manfred Morari

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    138 publications · 22.5K citations

    56

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  4. QW
    Qinglai Wei

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    88 publications · 10.6K citations

    54

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  5. DW
    Ding Wang

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    84 publications · 8.6K citations

    50

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Institutions

7.4K

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    120 h-index

    1.2K publications

    107.2K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    119 h-index

    1.3K publications

    131.4K citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    100 h-index

    901 publications

    68K citations

  4. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    94 h-index

    833 publications

    62K citations

  5. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    92 h-index

    1.1K publications

    102.6K citations

  6. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    89 h-index

    960 publications

    55.3K citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    88 h-index

    1.1K publications

    68.5K citations

  8. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    88 h-index

    638 publications

    50.6K citations

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Venues

  1. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

    2K publications · 164.4K citations

    187

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  2. Automatica

    1.3K publications · 153.8K citations

    166

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  3. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization

    1.2K publications · 70.9K citations

    122

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  4. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics

    998 publications · 59.1K citations

    113

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  5. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

    403 publications · 38.6K citations

    97

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