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Dr. Peter Caines

Affiliation

McGill University

Academy or College

Academy of Science

Year Elected

2003

Areas of Interest

Systems and control theory, stochastic systems, dynamical systems, adaptive systems, optimization and estimation

LONG
Peter Caines has made major contributions to control theory, in particular the estimation of the dynamics of systems operating in randomly disturbed environments and adaptive control wherein estimation and feedback control occur simultaneously. The latter work has been officially recognized as among the most important contributions to control theory in the twentieth century. His contributions to the study of complex systems include control based concepts of state aggregation that have led to new methods in optimal control. Dr. Caines is the author of a standard text on stochastic systems.

SHORT
Peter Caines has made major contributions to control theory, in particular the estimation of the dynamics of systems operating in randomly disturbed environments and adaptive control wherein estimation and feedback control occur simultaneously. His contributions to the study of complex systems include control-based concepts of state aggregation that have led to new methods in optimal control.