Title :
History and prehistory of the Riccati equation
Author_Institution :
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Abstract :
A brief biography of Riccati; an account of why he developed his equation; and a discussion of its application to the calculus of variations, optimal filtering and control, and other problems
Keywords :
Riccati equations; filtering theory; optimal control; variational techniques; Riccati equation; calculus of variations; optimal control; optimal filtering; Astronomy; Boring; Cities and towns; Differential equations; Educational institutions; History; Jacobian matrices; Libraries; Mathematics; Riccati equations;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 1996., Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kobe
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3590-2
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.1996.572758
