Pontryagin's maximum principle
Principio del mínimo de Pontryagin
- Date
- 1956-1961 · confidence medium
- Place
- Moscow, Russia
- Credited to
- Lev Pontryagin
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What was discovered
A fundamental principle of optimal control theory giving necessary conditions for a control and its corresponding state trajectory to be optimal, framing the problem as a Hamiltonian boundary-value system together with a maximization condition; developed by Lev Pontryagin and his team.
What it led to
- Cornerstone of modern optimal control theory
- Applications in aerospace guidance, economics and robotics
- Complements Bellman's dynamic programming in optimal control