Bolza problems with general time constraints

SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2050-2069

  Loewen, P D ^a   Rockafellar, R T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolza problem; Calculus of variations; Erdmann condition; Euler Lagrange condition; Free time; Hamiltonian condition; Minimum time problem; Nonsmooth analysis; Optimal control; Transversality condition

Indexed keywords

PROBLEM SOLVING; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

BOLZA PROBLEM; ERDMANN CONDITION; EULER LAGRANGE CONDITION; FREE TIME; HAMILTONIAN CONDITION; MINIMUM TIME PROBLEM; TRANSVERSALITY CONDITION;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031268176     PISSN: 03630129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0363012996298801     Document Type: Article

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