APPLIED HEURISTIC OPTIMAL-CONTROL

The paper focuses on the development of techniques for solving control engineering problems by applying heuristic search methods. Two main c ontributions of the work are: theoretical development of heuristic opt imal control and its application to real engineering problems. In the sense that intelligence is an ability which maximizes the possibility of reaching a goal in an uncertain environment, heuristic optimal cont rol is an intelligent control method. The paper provides necessary not ation, proofs of the basic theories, and examples of heuristic optimal control.