1. Introduction -- 2. Control Problem -- Notation and definitions, motivation of later results -- 3. Railroad Train Example -- Motivation of a “bang-bang principle,” the time optimal and minimum fuel problems -- 4. Controllability -- Restricted and unrestricted control, the controllability...

Applications of the Fredholm Alternative to Controllability of Functional Differential Equations -- Convergence of Projection Series for Functional Differential Equations with Applications to Control Theory -- The Candide Model -- Optimal Control Theory and Renewable Resource Management --...

Modeling of Control and Dynamical Systems in the Lime Sciences -- Necessary Conditions in Mathematical Programming and Optimal Control Theory -- Various Topics in the Theory of Optimal Control of Distributed Systems -- Game Theory and Some Interfaces with Control Theory -- Linear Multivariable...

Since the days of Lev Pontryagin and his associates, the discipline of Optimal Control has enjoyed a tremendous upswing - not only in terms of its mathematical foundations, but also with regard to numerous fields of application, which have given rise to highly active research areas. Few...

Uncontrolled Systems -- Controlled Systems -- Controllability and Optimization -- A.1 The Core of a Cooperative n-Person Game -- A.2 The Core of a Linear Production Game -- A.3 Weak Pareto Optima: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions -- A.4 Duality -- B Bibliographical Remarks -- References --...

1.0 Introduction -- 2.0 Necessary Conditions for Optimality -- 3.0 The Gradient Method -- 3.1 Min H Method and Conjugate Gradient Method -- 3.2 Boundary Constraints -- 3.3 Problems with Control Constraints -- 4.0 Successive Sweep Method -- 4.1 Final Time Given Implicitly -- 5.0 Second-Variation...

The book presents and discusses theoretical and practical developments in the field of optimization. All papers contain new results and the emphasis has been put on the accessibility of each paper for researchers working in optimization. The topics covered in this volume include: Mathematical...

Optimization Theory and Algorithms -- On the Asymptotic Behavior of a System of Steepest Descent Equations Coupled by a Vanishing Mutual Repulsion -- Inverse Linear Programming -- Second-Order Conditions in C1,1 Vector Optimization with Inequality and Equality Constraints -- Benson Proper...

The integration of product recovery into regular production processes enables new opportunities for cost savings. It also yields new challenges for inventory management because there are two sources to satisfy product requirements which need to be coordinated by additionally taking into account...