We consider the optimal guidance of an ensemble of independent, structurally identical,
finite-dimensional stochastic linear systems with variation in system parameters between
initial and target states of interest by applying a common control function without the use of
feedback. Our exploration of such ensemble control systems is motivated by practical control
design problems in which variation in system parameters and stochastic effects must be
compensated for when state feedback is unavailable, such as in pulse design for nuclear�…