Systems & Control Letters · 2015 · 47 citations · 17 references
Natural SciencesMathematicsDynamical SystemsMarkov Decision ProcessesOptimizationControl Of Dynamical SystemsControl SystemsControl TheoryOptimal ControlRobust ControlStochastic ControlDiscounted Dynamic ProgrammingDiscounted Reinforcement LearningStabilization Theory
We provide a condition under which infinite horizon discounted optimal control problems can be used in order to obtain stabilizing controls for nonlinear systems. The paper gives a mathematical analysis of the problem as well as an illustration by a numerical example.
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