Distributed System Optimal Control and Parameter Estimation: Computational Techniques Using Spline Approximations.

Abstract

Spline-based computational procedures for parameter estimation and optimal control problems involving delay and partial differential equations are outlined. Brief discussions are presented reporting on application of the ideas to compute feedback controls for delay systems, to estimate variable coefficients in population dispersal models, and to estimate parameters in higher order models arising in elasticity. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA117066

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  • H. Thomas Banks

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  • Brown University

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Classification
  • Computational Science
  • Control Systems
  • Differential Equations
  • Elastic Properties
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Guide Vanes
  • Hilbert Space
  • Mach Number
  • Mathematics
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Regulators
  • Universities
  • Wind Tunnels

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  • Mathematics

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  • Approximation Theory.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Theoretical Analysis.