SOLUTION OF A PROBLEM OF OPTIMAL CONTROL UTILIZING PONTRYAGIN'S MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE

Abstract

The problem of obtaining a control policy which is optimum in some respect for a specified system is one of the more pressing problems of automatic control theory today. The Maximum Principle, as it applies to the 'free right end' problem for a non-linear, one-dimensional system, is utilized in conjunction with the CDC 1604 digital computer to obtain optimal control policies for several different cost functions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0479590

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  • Douglas B. Gibson
  • Theodore A. Almstedt

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  • Naval Postgraduate School

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