+**Optimal Control** is a branch of [Control Theory](/wiki/control_theory) focused on designing a control policy that best satisfies a given criterion over time. It seeks to minimize a cost or maximize a utility function, guiding a dynamic system from one state to another using methods from [Optimization](/wiki/optimization).
+## See also
+- [Calculus of Variations](/wiki/calculus_of_variations)
+- [Dynamic Programming](/wiki/dynamic_programming)
+- [Reinforcement Learning](/wiki/reinforcement_learning)
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