Problems and Methods of Optimal Control

Preface. 1. Averaging Method in Optimal Control Problems for Quasilinear Oscillatory Systems. 2. The Foundation of Asymptotic Methods for Controlled Quasilinear Systems and Some Generalizations. 3. Averaging Method in Optimal Control Problems for Single-Frequency Essentially Nonlinear Systems. 4. The Foundation of Asymptotic Methods of the Separation of Motions in Essentially Nonlinear Controlled Systems. 5. Control of Motion of `Pendulum-Type' Systems. 6. Optimal Control of Orbital Motions and Rotations of Spacecrafts Using `Low Thrust'. 7. Approximate Synthesis of Optimal Control for Perturbed Systems with Invariant Norm. 8. Other Prospects for Developing Methods of Optimal Control Synthesis. Key Index. References.