Focusing on applications to science and engineering this book presents the results of the
ITN-FP7 SADCO network's innovative research in optimization and control in the following
interconnected topics: optimality conditions in optimal control dynamic programming approaches
to optimal feedback synthesis and reachability analysis and computational developments in
model predictive control. The novelty of the book resides in the fact that it has been
developed by early career researchers providing a good balance between clarity and scientific
rigor. Each chapter features an introduction addressed to PhD students and some original
contributions aimed at specialist researchers. Requiring only a graduate mathematical
background the book is self-contained. It will be of particular interest to graduate and
advanced undergraduate students industrial practitioners and to senior scientists wishing to
update their knowledge.
