Symbolic-numeric indirect method for solving optimal control problems for large multibody systems: The time-optimal racing vehicle example

Multibody System Dynamics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-252

  Bertolazzi, E ^a   Biral, F ^a   Da Lio, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boundary Value Problems; Extended multibody systems; Optimal Control; Symbolic multibody modelling and control; Vehicle time optimal maneuvers

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

DIFFERENTIAL ALGEBRIC EQUATIONS (DAE); INITIAL VALUE SOLVER (IVS); LARGE MULTIBODY SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEMS (OCP);

RACING AUTOMOBILES;

EID: 17144403864     PISSN: 13845640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11044-005-3987-4     Document Type: Article

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