Minimum-time running and swimming: An optimal control approach

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-249

  Marorński, Ryszard ^a  

^a Institute of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INTEGRATION; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; VELOCITY;

GREEN THEOREM; LINEAR INTEGRALS EXTREMIZATION; MIELE METHOD; MINIMUM TIME RUNNING; MINIMUM TIME SWIMMING; NEWTON LAW;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; DECELERATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

EID: 0343773945     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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