Comparison theorems for viscosity solutions of a system of quasivariational inequalities with application to optimal control with switching costs

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-64

  Ball, Joseph A ^a   Chudoung, Jerawan ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control switching; Differential game; Lower and upper semicontinuous; Lower value function; Quasivariational inequality; Viscosity sub and supersolution; Worst case disturbance attenuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034311679     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmaa.2000.7018     Document Type: Article

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