Subject: Optimal Control Theory	Code: MO053	

Semester	 Hours: C+S+L	Type	 Section	
7	2+2+0	optional	Applied Mathematics	

Teaching Staff in Charge	Prof. MURESAN Marian, Ph.D., mmarian@math.ubbcluj.ro	
Aims	Introducing the students into the world of variational calculus and optimal control theory problems: their recognition, their mathematical formulation, ability for finding and studing solutions	
Content	Introducing the students into the world of variational calculus and optimal control theory problems: their recognition, their mathematical formulation, ability for finding and studing solutions	
Selective References	1. Cesari, L., Optimization - Theory and Applications. Problems with Ordinary Differential Equations, Springer, New-York, 1983.
2. Clarke, F. H., Optimization and Nonsmooth Analysis, SIAM, Philadelphia, 1990.
3. Hestenes, M. R., Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Theory, Wiley, New-York, 1966.
4. Lee, E. B., Markus, L., Foundations of Optimal Control Theory, Wiley, New-York, 1967.
5. Loewen, P. D., Optimal Control and Nonsmooth Analysis, AMS, Providence, 1993	
Assessment	A review and an exam