1. What is Optimal Control Theory? -- 2. The Maximum Principle: Continuous Time -- 3. The Maximum Principle: Mixed Inequality Constraints -- 4. The Maximum Principle: Pure State and Mixed Inequality Constraints -- 5. Applications to Finance -- 6. Applications to Production and Inventory -- 7....

This fully revised 3rd edition offers an introduction to optimal control theory and its diverse applications in management and economics. It brings to students the concept of the maximum principle in continuous and discrete time by using dynamic programming and Kuhn-Tucker theory. While some...