Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction IX
5. PART ONE: AIRCRAFT, ROCKETS, AND GUIDANCE
6. 1. A Survey of the Problem of Optimizing Flight Paths of Aircraft and Missiles 1
7. 2. Estimating Performance Capabilities of Boost Rockets 33
8. 3. The Optimum Spacing of Corrective Thrusts in Interplanetary Navigation 59
9. 4. The Analysis and Solution of Optimum Trajectory Problems 69
10. PART TWO: COMMUNICATION, PREDICTION, AND DECISION
11. 5. A New Approach to the Synthesis of Optimal Smoothing and Prediction Systems 75
12. 6. Adaptive Matched Filters 109
13. 7. Optimization Problems in Statistical Communication Theory 141
14. 8. Estimators with Minimum Bias 167
15. 9. On Optimal Replacement Rules When Changes of State Are Markovian 201
16. PART THREE: PROGRAMMING, COMBINATORICS, AND DESIGN
17. 10. Simplex Method and Theory 213
18. 11. The Present Status of Nonlinear Programming 233
19. 12. The Number of Simplices in a Complex 251
20. 13. Optimization in Structural Design 279
21. 14. Geometrie and Game-Theoretic Methods in Experimental Design 291
22. PART FOUR: MODELS, AUTOMATION, AND CONTROL
23. 15. Automation and Control in the Soviet Union 303
24. 16. The Theory of Optimal Control and the Calculus of Variations 309
25. 17. Mathematical Model Making as an Adaptive Process 333
26. Index 341
27. Other RAND Books 347