David Mayne | |
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| Born | David Quinn Mayne 23 April 1930 Germiston, Gauteng South Africa |
| Died | 27 May 2024 (aged 94) Oxford, England |
| Alma mater | Witwatersrand University, Imperial College London |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Control theory Electrical engineering Mathematical optimization |
| Institutions | Imperial College London, Harvard University, University of California, Davis |
| Doctoral advisor | John Westcott |
| Doctoral students | Peter E. Caines |
David Quinn Mayne (23 April 1930 – 27 May 2024) was a South African-born British academic, engineer, teacher and author. His pioneering and lasting contribution is in the field of control systems engineering.[1] His research interests centred on optimization and optimization-based design, nonlinear control, control of constrained systems, model predictive control and adaptive control.