Optimal Control

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2 domain-specific abstractions whose origin domain is Optimal Control.

• Hamiltonian (control theory) — The function combining instantaneous objective and state dynamics through costate variables in optimal control, whose pointwise optimization is required by Pontryagin's maximum principle.
• Trajectory optimization — The computation of a state-and-control path that extremizes a performance objective while satisfying dynamics, boundary conditions and path constraints, usually as an open-loop optimal-control solution.