Numerical solution approaches for robust nonlinear optimal control problems

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1279-1292

  Diehl, Moritz ^a   Gerhard, Johannes ^b   Marquardt, Wolfgang ^b   Mönnigmann, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Batch distillation; Local reduction; Optimal control; Parametric uncertainty; Robust optimization; Semi infinite program

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BATCH DISTILLATION; PARAMETRIC UNCERTAINTY; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; SEMI-INFINITE PROGRAM;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

DISTILLATION; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 41149103000     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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