Proximal analysis and the minimal time function

SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1048-1072

  Wolenski, Peter R ^a   Zhuang, Yu ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuity of value functions; Hamilton Jacobi equations; Minimal time function; Nonsmooth analysis; Proximal analysis

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONS;

HAMILTON JACOBI EQUATIONS; MINIMAL TIME FUNCTION;

CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032070810     PISSN: 03630129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0363012996299338     Document Type: Article

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