Contrasting two transformation-based methods for obtaining absolute extrema

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-59

  Torres, D F M ^a   Leitmann, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute extrema; Calculus of variations; Direct methods; Invariance; Optimal control; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

INVARIANCE;

ABSOLUTE EXTREMA; CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS; CARLSON; DIRECT METHOD; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; SYMMETRY; TRANSFORMATION BASED;

CALCULATIONS;

EID: 41549140502     PISSN: 00223239     EISSN: 15732878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10957-007-9292-z     Document Type: Article

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