Optimal Control of Diffusion-Reaction Systems.

Abstract

Several formulations are discussed of optimization problems which arise in a natural way in the investigation of transport properties of artificial membranes and general diffusion-reaction media. Nonlinear reaction velocity approximations dictated by reactions of interest to biochemists place the problems in a class to which one cannot apply the usual computational techniques (e.g. gradient, conjugate-gradient) in a straightforward manner. The inherent difficulties, how one might circumvent them, and some of our initial efforts towards development of feasible computational schemes are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 03, 1978
Accession Number
ADA055616

Entities

People

  • H. Thomas Banks
  • J. P. Kernevez
  • M. C. Duban

Organizations

  • Brown University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Boundaries
  • Control Systems
  • Diffusion
  • Equations
  • Equations Of State
  • Linear Programming
  • Mathematics
  • Nonlinear Systems
  • Optimization
  • Steady State
  • Synthetic Membranes
  • Trajectories
  • Transport Properties

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
  • Systems Analysis and Design