DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING AND THE HAMILTON-JACOBI METHOD OF CLASSICAL MECHANICS,

Abstract

Three methods, using dynamic programming concepts and principles, for analytically solving a variational problem. The conventional dynamic programming method is described and illustrated and two alternatives to the conventional method are developed. While the derivations are new, the results are equivalent to those of the classical Hamilton-Jacobi method of solving optimization problems. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0655767

Entities

People

  • S. E. Dreyfus

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Dynamic Programming
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Mechanics
  • Molecular Mechanics Methods
  • Optimization

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)