Lossless convexification of a class of optimal control problems with non-convex control constraints

Automatica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 341-347

  Akmee, Behet ^a   Blackmore, Lars ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control of constrained systems; Convex optimization; Guidance, navigation and control of vehicles; Optimal control theory

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINED SYSTEMS; CONTINUOUS-TIME LINEAR SYSTEMS; CONTROL CONSTRAINT; CONVEX COST; CONVEX OPTIMAL CONTROL; CONVEX RELAXATION; CONVEXIFICATION; FINITE TIME HORIZON; GUIDANCE , NAVIGATION AND CONTROLS; INTERIOR POINT METHODS; LOSSLESS; OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM; OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; RELAXED PROBLEM; SOFT LANDING; SOLUTION APPROACH; STATE CONSTRAINTS;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION; CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; CONTROL; CONTROL THEORY; LINEAR SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; RELAXATION PROCESSES; RESOURCE VALUATION; SYSTEM THEORY;

CONVEX OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 78751646912     PISSN: 00051098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2010.10.037     Document Type: Article

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