Semiconcavity results for optimal control problems admitting no singular minimizing controls

Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Analyse Non Lineaire

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 773-802

  Cannarsa, P ^a   Rifford, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Optimal control; Semiconcavity; Sub Riemannian geometry

Indexed keywords

ELSEVIER (CO); END POINT (EP); OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM (OCP); SEMICONCAVITY; STATE CONSTRAINTS; VALUE FUNCTIONS;

INTERSECTIONS;

EID: 46649101321     PISSN: 02941449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anihpc.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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