Variational inequalities for the stochastic reachability problem

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1854-1859

  Bujorianu, Manuela L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy form; Markov models; Stochastic hybrid systems; Stochastic reachability; Variational inequalities

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; HYBRID SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; NUMERICAL METHODS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ENERGY FORMS; MARKOV MODEL; REACHABILITY; STOCHASTIC HYBRID SYSTEMS; VARIATIONAL INEQUALITIES;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 79953132538     PISSN: 07431546     EISSN: 25762370     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2010.5718059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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