What's a really good book for a course titled "Optimization and Control Theory"? I can't seem to find one that shows a lot of examples with the theory. Could I get some help?
Also, it would be a bonus if the book/material is readily available online so I can download it onto my kindle. 
 A: The following all have examples (you can peruse most online to see if they suit your needs):


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*Modern Control Theory (3rd Edition), William L. Brogan (it has some intro chapters on Optimal Control and Nonlinear Control, but is full of example and problems for Control Theory)

*Linear Control Theory: Structure, Robustness, and Optimization, Shankar P. Bhattacharyya, Aniruddha Datta, Lee H. Keel 

*Optimal Control Theory for Applications (Mechanical Engineering Series), David G. Hull

*Modern Control Engineering (5th Edition), Katsuhiko Ogata 


There is even a Schaum's Outline and a Problem Solver (REA) on Automatic Control (not sure they are exactly what you are looking for), but worth perusing to verify.
I cannot imagine that there are not some great notes with examples out there and also some Open Courseware materials.
You can also repuse these previous posts:


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*Control / Feedback Theory

*A good reference on optimal control theory

*https://mathoverflow.net/questions/44015/how-do-i-approach-optimal-control

*http://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/optimal-control
Lastly, you did not ask about Nonlinear Systems or Adaptive Control, so I did not include anything there.
