Stochastic Systems: Estimation, Identification and Adaptive Control (Prentice-Hall Information and System Sciences Series) - Softcover

Kumar, P. R.; Varaiya, Pravin

9780138466848: Stochastic Systems: Estimation, Identification and Adaptive Control (Prentice-Hall Information and System Sciences Series)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013846684X ISBN 13: 9780138466848

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1986

Since its origins in the 1940s, the subject of decision making under uncertainty has grown into a diversified area with applications in several branches of engineering and in areas of the social sciences concerned with policy analysis and prescription. With the increase in computational capacity and the ability to collect and process huge quantities of data, an explosion of work in the area has been engendered. This book provides succinct and rigorous treatment of the foundations of stochastic control; a unified approach to filtering, estimation, prediction, and stochastic and adaptive control; and the conceptual framework necessary to understand current trends in stochastic control, data mining, learning, and robotics. It is ideal for students previously acquainted with probability theory and stochastic processes, who wish to learn more on decision making with uncertainty, and can be used as a course textbook for advanced undergraduate or first year graduate students.

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Book Description:

A succinct and rigorous treatment of the foundations of stochastic control, ideal for advanced students already acquainted with stochastic processes. This book presents a unified approach to filtering, estimation, prediction, and stochastic and adaptive control, while also providing the conceptual framework necessary to understand current trends.

About the Author:

P. R. Kumar is currently a University Distinguished Professor and holds the College of Engineering Chair in Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University. His research is focused on energy systems, wireless networks, secure networking, automated transportation, and cyberphysical systems. Kumar is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences, ACM, and IEEE.

Pravin Varaiya is a Professor of the Graduate School in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. His current research focuses on transportation networks and electric power systems. He is a Fellow of IEEE and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the US National Academy of Engineering. He is on the editorial board of Transportation Letters and has co-authored four books, most recently, Dynamics and Control of Trajectory Tubes (2014).

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