EC ENGR M240C · EE M240COptimal Control

Electrical and Computer Engineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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(Same as Chemical Engineering M280C and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering M270C.) Applications of variational methods, Pontryagin maximum principle, Hamilton/Jacobi/Bellman equation (dynamic programming) to optimal control of dynamic systems modeled by nonlinear ordinary differential equations.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

Requisites

Official UCLA wording

Requisite: course 240B.

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EC ENGR 240B
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Requires

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Unlocks

What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

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