ON A METHOD OF SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATIONS FOR THE SOLUTION OF OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEMS,

Abstract

The determination of optimal control for a process, which is described by a system of ordinary differential equations of the nth order, is reduced to a boundary value problem for a system of equations of the 2nth order. The solution of boundary value problems for complex non-linear systems often encounters significant computational difficulties and re quires a large expenditure of machine time. Theorefore, methods of solving optimal control problems, which permit the circumvention of these difficulties, are presented for considera tion. A method of successive approximations, which is based on the maximal principle, is proposed for the determination of optimal control in problems with an open right limit. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1963
Accession Number
AD0417581

Entities

People

  • F.l. Chernousko
  • I.a. Krylov

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Value Problems
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Linear Systems

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Linear Algebra
  • Operations Research
  • Systems Analysis and Design