Leitmann's direct method of optimization for absolute extrema of certain problems of the calculus of variations on time scales

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1158-1162

  Malinowska, Agnieszka B ^a   Torres, Delfim F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Calculus of variations; Leitmann's direct method; Optimal control; Time scales

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY TIME; CALCULUS OF VARIATIONS; DIRECT METHOD; DISCRETE-TIME; EXPLICIT SOLUTIONS; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM; OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; TIME-SCALES;

CALCULATIONS; CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

EID: 77957284778     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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