Coupled Intervals in the Discrete Optimal Control

Journal of Difference Equations and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-186

  Hilscher, Roman ^a   Zeidan, Vera ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjugate interval; Coupled interval; Discrete quadratic functional; Linear Hamiltonian difference system; Nonnegativity; Positivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742306100     PISSN: 10236198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1023619031000146841     Document Type: Article

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