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Article #140Re: Nonlinear optimal control program available ?
From: B Bryan Culwick
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 15:49
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 15:49
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In article <1992Dec22.204244.20869@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> acampane@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Angelo Campanella) writes: > >A century or so a fellow by the name of Watts had a nonlinear control problem >where he was employed to turn a steam valve on and off repeatedly. Being >naturally lazy, he invented a leverage sysytem for the machine to do it for >itself. He was then credited for inventing the steam engine. I rather suspect >he went through an evolution process where he needed at times too much memory >and too much space. We seem to have compressed those requirments in >intervening centuries... James Watt, not Watts and, in any case, it was Newcomen!!
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Newsgroups: sci.engr.control,alt.control-theory Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psinntp!bnlux1.bnl.gov!culwick From: culwick@bnlux1.bnl.gov (B Bryan Culwick) Subject: Re: Nonlinear optimal control program available ? Message-ID: <1992Dec23.154911.29158@bnlux1.bnl.gov> Sender: Culwick Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 References: <1h08q1INNl15@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> <1992Dec21.182151.22271@pasteur.B <1992Dec22.204244.20869@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 15:49:11 GMT Lines: 13