Dynamical Systems

This book investigates uncontrolled and controlled time-continuous and time-discrete systems. It examines the question of controllability of dynamical systems into equilibrium states as well as chaotic behavior of autonomous time discrete systems.

At the end of the nineteenth century Lyapunov and Poincaré developed the so called qualitative theory of differential equations and introduced geometric- topological considerations which have led to the concept of dynamical systems. In its present abstract form this concept goes back to G.D. Birkhoff. This is also the starting point of Chapter 1 of this book in which uncontrolled and controlled time-continuous and time-discrete systems are investigated. Controlled dynamical systems could be considered as dynamical systems in the strong sense, if the controls were incorporated into the state space. We, however, adapt the conventional treatment of controlled systems as in control theory. We are mainly interested in the question of controllability of dynamical systems into equilibrium states. In the non-autonomous time-discrete case we also consider the problem of stabilization. We conclude with chaotic behavior of autonomous time discrete systems and actual real-world applications.

Interesting and actual topic Unique characterization Relevant related real-world examples (Environmental Management/ Medicine) Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Stefan Pickl ist seit 1980 Professor für Operations Research an der Universität der Bundeswehr München. Werner Krabs war Professor am Fachbereich Mathematik an der TU Darmstadt. Er wurde 1999 emeritiert.

Inhalt
Uncontrolled Systems.- Controlled Systems.- Chaotic Behavior of Autonomous Time-Discrete Systems.- A Dynamical Method for the Calculation of Nash-Equilibria in nPerson Games.- Optimal Control in Chemotherapy of Cancer.