Existence of solutions of optimal control problems for a generic integrand without convexity assumptions

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 339-361

  Zaslavski, Alexander J ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; SET THEORY; THEOREM PROVING; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

GENERIC INTEGRAND;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035148007     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0362-546X(99)00197-2     Document Type: Article

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