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...

We consider an assemble-to-order system with a high volume of prospective customers arriving per unit time. A companion paper established that with optimal product prices, component production capacity, and sequencing of orders for assembly, the system can be approximated by a diffusion process...

The book presents and discusses theoretical and practical developments in the field of optimization. All papers contain new results and the emphasis has been put on the accessibility of each paper for researchers working in optimization. The topics covered in this volume include: Mathematical...