Gradient Methods for Dual Optimal Control and Max-Min Problems.

Abstract

The author considers two max-min problems. The first problem arises in optimal control theory when duality is used to reduce certain problems having a large number of nonlinear constraints to a sequence of problems, each having only one nonlinear constraint. The second problem is a variational problem for determining the optimum taper of a cooling fin. The principal aim is to describe and prove convergence of certain gradient procedures for solving these problems numerically. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0753129

Entities

People

  • Earl R. Barnes

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Control Theory
  • Convergence

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Operations Research