Optimal Control: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications (Hardcover, 1998)

Preface. Uniform Decays in Nonlinear Thermoelastic Systems; G. Avalos, I. Lasiecka. Absolute Stability of Feedback Systems in Hilbert Spaces; F. Bucci. A Projection Method for Accurate Computation of Design Sensitivities; J.A. Burns, et al. On Exact Controllability and Convergence of Optimal Controls to Exact Controls of Parabolic Equations; Yanzhao Cao, et al. Spectral Analysis of Thermo-elastic Plates with Rotational Forces; S.K. Chang, R. Triggiani. Robinson's Strong Regularity Implies Robust Local Convergence of Newton's Method; S.P. Dokov, A.L. Dontchev. Augmented Gradient Projection Calculations for Regulator Problems with Pointwise State and Control Constraints; J.C. Dunn. On a SQP-Multigrid Technique for Nonlinear Parabolic Boundary Control Problems; H. Goldberg, F. Troltzsch. Formulation and Analysis of a Sequential Quadratic Programming Method for the Optimal Dirichlet Boundary Control of Navier-Stokes Flow; M. Heinkenschloss. A Shape Optimization Problem for the Heat Equation; A. Henrot, J. Sokolowski. Energy Decay in H2 × L2 for Semilinear Plates with Nonlinear Boundary Dissipation Acting via Moments Only; Guangcao Ji, I. Lasiecka. Cut-Loci and Cusp Singularities in Parameterized Families of Extremals; M. Kiefer, H. Schattler. Optimization Techniques for Stable Reduced Order Controllers for Partial Differential Equations; B.B. King, E.W. Sachs. High-Order Extended Maximum Principles for Optimal Control Problems with Non-Regular Constraints; U. Ledzewicz, H. Schattler. Optimization of the Short Term Operation of a Cascade of Hydro Power Stations; P.O. Lindberg, A. Wolf. Remarks on Hybrid Systems; W. Littman, Bo Liu. Uniform Stabilization of a Thin Cylindrical Shell with Rotational Inertia Terms; C.McMillan. H∞ Optimal Control of Time-Varying Systems with Integral State Constraints; B.S. Mordukhovich, Kaixia Zhang. Interaction of Design and Control: Optimization with Dynamic Models; C.A. Schweiger, C.A. Floudas. Multidifferential Calculus: Chain Rule, Open Mapping and Transversal Intersection Theorems; H.J. Sussmann. Resolution of Regularized Output Least Squares Estimators for Elliptic and Parabolic Problems; L.W. White, Ying-jun Jin.