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PhD Engineering University of California, Berkeley
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According to Wikipedia, George Leitmann is an Austrian-born American engineering scientist and educator. Early life and education Leitmann was born on May 24, 1925, to a fully assimilated Jewish family in Vienna, Austria. His paternal grandfather was a career officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Imperial Army. His father had been a volunteer in the Austrian Army in World War I and was wounded twice on the Serbian front.

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Continuous state feedback guaranteeing uniform ultimate boundedness for uncertain dynamic systems (1981) (1491)
A new class of stabilizing controllers for uncertain dynamical systems (1982) (536)
Dynamics and Control (2020) (437)
On the Efficacy of Nonlinear Control in Uncertain Linear Systems (1981) (385)
On ultimate boundedness control of uncertain systems in the absence of matching assumptions (1982) (376)
Guaranteed Asymptotic Stability for Some Linear Systems With Bounded Uncertainties (1979) (328)
Robustness of uncertain systems in the absence of matching assumptions (1987) (266)
An Introduction To Optimal Control (1966) (237)
Mathematical Methods of Optimal Control (1971) (227)
On generalized Stackelberg strategies (1978) (206)
The Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control (1982) (204)
Adaptive control of systems containing uncertain functions and unknown functions with uncertain bounds (1983) (166)
Semiactive Control for Vibration Attenuation (1994) (158)
Compromise Solutions, Domination Structures, and Salukvadze’s Solution (1974) (151)
Optimal Control of a Prey-Predator System* (1974) (133)
Stabilizing feedback control for dynamical systems with bounded uncertainty (1976) (130)
Robust control design for interconnected systems with time-varying uncertainties (1991) (120)
Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Many Players Differential Games (1974) (112)
Avoidance control (1977) (106)
On one approach to the control of uncertain systems (1993) (105)
Cooperative Equilibria in Differential Games (1983) (103)
Optimization techniques, with applications to aerospace systems (1964) (100)
Bounded controllers for robust exponential convergence (1993) (99)
Profit maximization through advertising: A nonzero sum differential game approach (1978) (90)
Guaranteed avoidance strategies (1980) (88)
Qualitative differential games with two targets (1979) (82)
Controller Design for Uncertain Systems via Lyapunov Functions (1988) (79)
Robust vibration control of dynamical systems based on the derivative of the state (2003) (78)
On a Class of Variational Problems in Rocket Flight (1959) (75)
Optimal strategies in the neighborhood of a collision course (1976) (72)
Continuous feedback guaranteeing uniform ultimate boundedness for uncertain linear delay systems: An application to river pollution control (1988) (72)
Feedback control of uncertain systems: robustness with respect to neglected actuator and sensor dynamics† (1986) (66)
Semiactive control of a vibrating system by means of electrorheological fluids (1993) (59)
A note on avoidance control (1981) (59)
Nondominated decisions and cone convexity in dynamic multicriteria decision problems (1974) (56)
A Differential Game Related to Terrorism: Nash and Stackelberg Strategies (2010) (56)
Control-space properties of cooperative games (1970) (55)
Some sufficiency conditions for Pareto-optimal control (1973) (54)
The Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control: An Introduction (2013) (53)
Deterministic control of uncertain systems : a Lyapunov theory approach (1990) (53)
ADAPTIVE CONTROL FOR UNCERTAIN DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS (1984) (51)
Stabilizing Control for Linear Systems with Bounded Parameter and Input Uncertainty (1975) (49)
DETERMINISTIC CONTROL OF UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS (1980) (49)
A DYNAMICAL MODEL OF TERRORISM (2006) (48)
On optimal long-term management of some ecological systems subject to uncertain disturbances† (1983) (46)
Monotone Approximations of Minimum and Maximum Functions and Multi-objective Problems (2012) (45)
ADAPTIVE CONTROL FOR AVOIDANCE OR EVASION IN AN UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENT (1987) (44)
Multicriteria decision making and differential games (1976) (43)
Robust control for rigid serial manipulators: a general setting (1998) (43)
Practical stabilizability of uncertain dynamical systems: Application to robotic tracking (1985) (42)
Guaranteeing Ultimate Boundedness and Exponential Rate of Convergence for a Class of Nominally Linear Uncertain Systems (1989) (41)
Deterministic control of uncertain systems via a constructive use of Lyapunov stability theory (1990) (41)
A sufficiency theorem for optimal control (1971) (39)
A method for designing a stabilizing control for a class of uncertain linear delay systems (1994) (39)
A note on absolute extrema of certain integrals (1967) (38)
On the Global Asymptotic Stability of Equilibrium Solutions for Open-Loop Differential Games (1981) (37)
R&D for Green Technologies in a Dynamic Oligopoly: Schumpeter, Arrow and Inverted-U's (2014) (37)
Control of uncertain systems with neglected dynamics (1990) (36)
Nonlinear composite control of a class of nominally linear singularly perturbed uncertain systems (1990) (35)
Aircraft control under conditions of windshear (1990) (35)
Sufficiency theorems for optimal control (1968) (35)
Some Remarks on Hamilton’s Principle (1963) (34)
Guaranteed asymptotic stability for a class of uncertain linear dynamical systems (1979) (33)
A Differential Game Model of Duopoly (1971) (33)
OPTIMALITY AND REACHABILITY WITH FEEDBACK CONTROL (1982) (33)
Compromise solutions, domination structures, and Salukvadze's solution (1974) (33)
Structural vibration control (2001) (32)
On a class of linear differential games (1975) (32)
Degenerate Feedback and Time Consistency in Differential Games (2005) (29)
Flight Performance Handbook for Orbital Operations (1964) (29)
Aircraft Take-Off in Windshear: A Viability Approach (2000) (29)
Some problems of scalar and vector-valued optimization in linear viscoelasticity (1977) (29)
A note on control space properties of cooperative games (1972) (28)
A Differential Game Model of Oligopoly (1973) (26)
Output feedback control of uncertain coupled systems (1993) (25)
Variational Problems with Bounded Control Variables (1962) (24)
Guaranteed Ultimate Boundedness for a Class of Uncertain Linear Dynamical Systems (1978) (24)
Hamiltonian potential functions for differential games (2015) (23)
A simple derivation of necessary conditions for Pareto optimality (1974) (23)
State feedback for uncertain dynamical systems (1987) (23)
A differential game model of labor-management negotiation druing a strike (1974) (23)
Sufficient conditions for optimality in two-person zero-sum differential games with state and strategy constraints (1971) (22)
DETERMINISTIC CONTROL OF UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS1 (1984) (22)
On a class of direct optimization problems 1,2 (2002) (22)
Collective bargaining: A differential game (1973) (21)
7 On the Geometry of Optimal Processes (1967) (21)
Coordinate Transformations and Derivation of Open-Loop Nash Equilibria (2001) (21)
A stabilization policy for an economy with some unknown characteristics (1978) (21)
Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Differential Games (1975) (21)
Single‐Degree‐of‐Freedom Nonlinear Homogeneous Systems (1994) (20)
Some Extensions to a Direct Optimization Method (2001) (20)
Adaptive controllers for avoidance or evasion in an uncertain environment: Some examples☆ (1989) (20)
Some Geometric Aspects of Differential Games (1967) (19)
Adaptive control of aircraft in windshear (1991) (19)
Properties of Matrices Used in Uncertain Linear Control Systems (1985) (19)
A minimum principle for a population equation (1972) (18)
Exponential convergence for uncertain systems with component-wise bounded controllers (1996) (18)
Viability analysis of an aircraft flight domain for take-off in a windshear (2002) (18)
A Stochastic Optimal Control Model of Pollution Abatement (2010) (17)
Contrasting Two Transformation-based Methods for Obtaining Absolute Extrema (2007) (17)
On a Class of Direct Optimization Problems (2001) (17)
Output Feedback Control of a Class of Singularly Perturbed Uncertain Dynamical Systems (1987) (16)
Minimum Transfer Time for a Power-Limited Rocket (1961) (15)
Coordinate Transformation Method for the Extremization of Multiple Integrals (2005) (15)
Fields of extremals and sufficient conditions for the simplest problem of the calculus of variations (2008) (15)
A note on a sufficiency theorem for optimal control (1969) (15)
ON A CLASS OF DIFFERENTIAL GAMES (1969) (14)
Bargaining under strike: A differential game view (1975) (14)
One approach to the control of uncertain dynamical systems (1995) (13)
Dynamical systems and microphysics : control theory and mechanics (1984) (13)
On a student-related optimal control problem (1990) (13)
A control scheme based on ER-materials for vibration attenuation of dynamical systems (1995) (12)
Destabilization via Active Stiffness (1997) (12)
Multicriteria decision making (1975) (12)
Equilibrium Patterns for Bargaining Under Strike: A Differential Game Model (1975) (11)
The effect of playability in differential games on the relation between best guaranteed costs and saddlepoint values (1975) (11)
Optimization with Vector — Valued Cost (1981) (11)
Componentwise Bounded Controllers for Robust Exponential Convergence (1997) (11)
A Direct Method for Open-Loop Dynamic Games for Affine Control Systems (2005) (11)
Some Further Remarks on Hamilton’s Principle (2011) (11)
A composite controller ensuring ultimate boundedness for a class of singularly perturbed uncertain systems (1988) (11)
Evasion in the plane (1978) (11)
Minimax control of systems with uncertain state measurements (1975) (11)
Uncertain Dynamical Systems: An Application to River Pollution Control (1987) (11)
Guaranteed avoidance feedback control (1980) (11)
Experimental Implementation of a Deterministic Controller for a D.C. Motor With Uncertain Dynamics (1989) (11)
A Maxmin Distance Problem (1972) (10)
A simple differential game (1968) (10)
Confidence structures in decision making (1976) (10)
A controller for a class of mismatched uncertain systems (1989) (10)
Market Power, Resource Extraction and Pollution: Some Paradoxes and a Unified View (2011) (9)
Decentralized control for an uncertain multi-reach river system (1987) (9)
Stabilizing Management of Fishery Resources in a Fluctuating Environment (1989) (9)
The Direct Method for A Class of Infinite Horizon Dynamic Games (2005) (8)
Degenerate Feedback and Time Consistency in Dynamic Games (2005) (8)
On one aspect of science policy based onan uncertain model (1999) (8)
Guaranteeing Ultimate Boundedness and Exponential Rate of Convergence for a Class of Uncertain Systems (1989) (8)
Sufficiency for optimal control with state and control constraints (1970) (8)
Labour-management bargaining modelled as a dynamic game† (1980) (8)
Some Geometrical Aspects of Optimal Processes (1965) (8)
Robust Deterministic Control for Robotic Manipulators with Uncertainties (1989) (8)
Dynamical Systems and Control (2016) (7)
Necessary and sufficient conditions for multistage two-person zero-sum games (1970) (7)
Many player differential games (1977) (7)
Fields of Extremals and Sufficient Conditions for the Simplest Problem of the Calculus of Variations in n-Variables (2009) (7)
A differential game of pursuit and evasion (1969) (6)
Avoidance Control with Relative Velocity Information for Lagrangian Dynamics (2019) (6)
A drug administration problem (1991) (6)
Stabilizing employment in a fluctuating resource economy (1990) (6)
Some stabilizing study strategies for a student-related problem under uncetainty (1991) (6)
The Use of Screening for the Control of an Endemic Disease (1998) (6)
A stabilizing harvesting strategy for an uncertain model of an ecological system (1994) (6)
Problems In Mechanics (1968) (6)
Robust aircraft take-off control: A comparison of aircraft performance under different windshear conditions (1991) (6)
A Note on Optimal Open-Loop and Closed-Loop Control (1974) (6)
Stabilizing management and structural development of open-access fisheries (1994) (5)
Control Strategies for an Endemic Disease in the Presence of Uncertainty (1995) (5)
Some remarks on state-constrained optimal control problems (1973) (5)
Income subsidizing and fisheries development - An analysis of stabilizing management (1992) (5)
On some consequences of playability in differential games (1974) (5)
The Inverse Problem of Linear Lagrangian Dynamics (2018) (5)
Robust Deterministic Controller Design of a Two Degree of Freedom SCARA Manipulator (1989) (5)
Adaptive controllers for uncertain dynamical systems (1988) (5)
Robustness of Uncertain Dynamical Systems with Delay without Matching Assumptions 1 (1988) (5)
Trajectory programming for maximum range (1957) (5)
Performance Improvement of Uncertain Macroeconomic Systems (1980) (4)
Analysis and control of a communicable disease (2000) (4)
Perfect Uncontrollable Differential Games (2004) (4)
Controlling singularly perturbed uncertain dynamical systems (1989) (4)
Some Remarks on the Optimum Operation of a Nuclear Rocket (1960) (4)
One method for robust control of uncertain systems: Theory and practice (1996) (4)
Stability without Eigenspaces in the Geometric Approach : The Regulator Problem ~ (4)
Experimental Verification of a Deterministic Controller for a D.C. Motor with Uncertain Dynamics (1987) (4)
ON THE GEOMETRY OF OPTIMAL PROCESSES. PART II (1965) (3)
GUARANTEED ULTIMATE BOUNDEDNESS CONTROL FOR UNCERTAIN DYNAMIC SYSTEMS (1981) (3)
Non—Cooperative Differential Games (1974) (3)
On the stability of solutions of a non-linear, non-autonomous equation (1966) (3)
Multi-agent Optimal Control Problems and Variational Inequality Based Reformulations (2014) (3)
A Penalty Method Approach for Open-Loop Variational Games with Equality Constraints (2013) (3)
Ultimate boundedness control by output feedback of uncertain systems subject to slowly varying disturbances (1989) (3)
Space Flight. Vol. II, Dynamics (1964) (3)
Propulsive Efficiency of Rockets (1962) (3)
An optimum pursuit problem (1957) (3)
Tracking Control of Robot Manipulators Using a Robust Deterministic Control Law (1998) (3)
Call for papers - building automation, control and management (1983) (3)
Regular Optimal Trajectories (1981) (3)
A boundedness theorem for a nonlinear, nonautonomous system (1964) (2)
Multiple-stage quantitative games (1970) (2)
Composite control of nonlinear, singularly perturbed uncertain systems (1988) (2)
Establishment of a Circular Satellite Orbit by Double Impulse (1960) (2)
Multistage quantitative games with unprescribed terminal stages (1970) (2)
Determination of Air Density at High Altitude by Means of an Earth Satellite (1957) (2)
Estimation of the Attractor for an Uncertain Epidemic Model (2004) (2)
On representing a black box as a dynamical system (1972) (2)
Stabilization of an Uncertain Competing Species System (1996) (2)
Semi-Active Control for Vibration Suppression in a System subjected to unknown disturbances (1994) (2)
Reduced order feedback control for a two-compartment drug administration model in the presence of model parameter uncertainty (1993) (2)
Semiactive control for vibratory suppression of dynamical systems by means of electrorheological fluids (1993) (2)
Erratum: “On One Approach to the Control of Uncertain Systems” (Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 1993, 115, pp. 373–380) (1993) (2)
Aircraft control for take-off in windshear (1991) (2)
A note on termination in optimal control problems (1971) (2)
An Inverse Problem (1981) (2)
Optimum Pay-Load-Ratio Relation for Multiple-Stage Rockets (1958) (2)
Seismic Protection of Structures using Base Isolation and Active Control (1987) (2)
A note on state-constrained optimal control (1972) (2)
On the Attainment of the Maximum Sustainable Yield in the Verhulst-Lotka-Volterra Model (2017) (2)
An algorithmic solution to the interval Kyoto game (2004) (2)
Managing the tragedy of commons and polluting emissions: A unified view (2022) (1)
A note on monotone approximations of minimum and maximum functions and multi-objective problems (2011) (1)
Control of uncertain discrete systems: an application in resource management (1988) (1)
Comment on "On a Class of Variational Problems in Rocket Flight" (1960) (1)
On some optimum rocket trajectories (1961) (1)
Application of robust deterministic control to robotic manipulators (1991) (1)
Constrained Control for Uncertain Linear Systems 1 (1)
Two-Person Zero-Sum Games (1974) (1)
Equivalence of Two Criteria for Optimal Closed-Loop Control. (1974) (1)
Note on Some Optimum Rocket Trajectories (1962) (1)
A Discrete Stabilizing Study Strategy for a Student Related Problem under Uncertainty (1993) (1)
Stabilizing management of fluctuating resources (1991) (1)
Optimal Feedback Control for Dynamical Systems with One or Two Controllers (1980) (1)
Richard E. Bellman control heritage award (2009) (1)
AN APPLICATION IN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (1988) (1)
A differential game model of labor-management negotiation during a strike (1974) (1)
Robustness of Uncertain Dynamical Systems with Delay in the Absence of Matching Assumptions (1991) (1)
On integrals of a class of measurable functions (1970) (1)
A note on ``a differential game of pursuit and evasion'' (1969) (1)
In memory of Jan M. Skowronski (1993) (1)
On saddle-point optimality in differential games (1976) (1)
Necessary and sufficient conditions for multistage two-person zero-sum games (1969) (1)
Robust constrained control for vibration suppression of mismatched systems (1996) (1)
A bounded harvest strategy for an ecological system in the presence of uncertain disturbances (1999) (1)
Reduced-Order Output Feedback Control of a Class of Uncertain Systems (1991) (1)
Foreword to the differential games issue (1974) (1)
On Direct Extremization of a Class of Integrals (2002) (1)
Stabilization of employment in an uncertain open-access resource economy (1990) (1)
Lyapunov Stability Theory Based Control of Uncertain Dynamical Systems (1994) (1)
Uncertain systems: Robustness of ultimate boundedness control with respect to neglected dynamics (1986) (0)
The problem of finding an optimal dose regimen to administer the amount of drug in a body A DRUG ADMINISTRATION PROBLEM (1991) (0)
Cooperative Differential Games (1974) (0)
Suboptimality and Stability of Linear Distributed-Parameter Systems with Finite-Dimensional Controllers 1 (0)
HAMILTONIAN POTENTIAL FUNCTIONS FOR DIFFERENTIAL GAMES Hamiltonian Potential Functions for Di¤erential Games (2015) (0)
In Honor of Angelo Miele (1994) (0)
The Weierstrass Necessary Condition (1981) (0)
Errata (1974) (0)
Pole Placement Via Lyapunov for Constrained Control of Mismatched Systems (2020) (0)
On Cournot-Nash Equilibria with Exogenous Uncertainty (2004) (0)
An introduction to optimal control / George Leitmann (1966) (0)
Use of Rouse's Stability Parameter in Determining the Critical Layer Height of a Laminar Boundary Layer (1970) (0)
Errata Corrige: On a Class of Direct Optimization Problems (2002) (0)
Reinhardt M. Rosenberg — A Biography (1980) (0)
Editorial: In Memory of Wolfram Stadler (2002) (0)
Screening policies for control of an infectious disease (2000) (0)
Jacobi’s Necessary Condition (1981) (0)
On an Optimal Control Problem With Two-Sided Inequality Constraints Whose Number Exceeds That of the Control Variables (1963) (0)
Self-Bounded Controlled Invariants versus Stabilizability (0)
ADAPTIVE CONTROL FOR AVOIDANCE OR EVASION IN AN UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENT††Based in part on research supported by the NSF and the AFOSR. (1987) (0)
ADAPTIVE EVASION CONTROLLERS FOR AVOIDANCE OR IN AN UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENT: SOME EXAMPLESt (1989) (0)
R&D for green technologies in a dynamic oligopoly: Schumpeter, Arrow and inverted-U(cid:146)s 1 (0)
Duality Theory in Multiobjective Programming (0)
On the Existence of Nash Strategies and Solutions to Coupled Riccati Equations in Linear-Quadratic Games 1 (2004) (0)
On the Optimal Trade-Off Between Fire Power and Intelligence in a Lanchester Model (2016) (0)
www.econstor.eu Perfect Uncontrollable Differential Games (2004) (0)
Introduction to the special issue on dynamics and control (1995) (0)
Examples of Extremal Control (1981) (0)
Problem Statement and Necessary Conditions for an Extremum (1981) (0)
In Memoriam: Laurence Alan Baxter (1997) (0)
Vibration control of dynamical systems employing active suspension elements (2001) (0)
Integration of the Euler—Lagrange Equation (1981) (0)
Remark concerning the paper “maximum range for a rocket in horizontal flight” (1964) (0)
Robust Exponential Convergence with Bounded Controllers (1994) (0)
Multistage quantitative games with unprescribed time (1971) (0)
Stochastic Differential Game Model of a Common Property Fishery (0)
Mechanics and control : proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Control Mechanics in honor of the 65th birthday of George Leitmann, January 22-24, 1990, University of Southern California (1991) (0)
Robuste Positions- und Kraftregelung für Industrieroboter mit Parameterunsicherheiten / Robust Position and force control for robot manipulators subject to Parameter uncertainties (1991) (0)
Editorial: In memory of Jan M. Skowronski (1992) (0)
A Time-Decomposition Algorithm for a Stiff Linear Two-Point Boundary-Value Problem and Its Application to a Nonlinear Optimal Control Problem 1 (0)
Erratum to: Two-Person Zero-Sum Games (1974) (0)
Monotone Approximations of Minimum and Maximum Functions and Multi-objective Problems (2012) (0)
Biography: Jan M. Skowronski (1992) (0)
Calculation of the Natural Vibrations of a Tapered Swept Back Rudder Fin (1970) (0)
Problems in mechanics / George Leitmann, Werner Goldsmith (1968) (0)
Fields of Extremals and Sufficient Conditions for a Class of Open-Loop Variational Games (2011) (0)
A Note on an Optimal Control Problem in Mechanics (1965) (0)
In memory of Austin Blaquière (1994) (0)
A Generalization of a Minimax Theorem of Fan via a Theorem of the Alternative (0)
TECHNICAL NOTE On the Uniqueness of Nash Strategies for a Class of Analytic Differential Games I (2004) (0)
Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Dynamics and Control (1999) (0)
On the Cournot-Ramsey Model with Non-linear Demand Functions (2020) (0)
A note on state-constrained optimal control (1971) (0)
Constrained Optimization Problems in (1975) (0)
Problem Statement and Optimality (1981) (0)
Perfect Uncontrollable Di ff erential Games (2004) (0)
Erratum: “Some Remarks on Hamilton’s Principle” (Journal of Applied Mechanics, 1963, 30, pp. 623–625) (1966) (0)
Robust control of nonlinear systems: An application to science policy (1997) (0)

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