ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations

Table of Contents - April 2011 - Volume 17 - Issue 02

Research Articles

 
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Yuri L. Sachkov

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations / Volume 17 / Issue 02 / 2011, pp 293 - 321

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2011

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/cocv/2010005 (About DOI)

 

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Discrete mechanics and optimal control: An analysis

 
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Sina Ober-Blöbaum, Oliver Junge and Jerrold E. Marsden

Finding a solution to optimal control problems for mechanical systems is of paramount importance in a number of applications, ranging from vehicle dynamics to bio-engineering. More precisely, in most cases real systems can be attacked only by feasible computational approaches. When dealing with a continuous model, there are many different possible patterns to reach a discrete algorithm. This paper focuses on the idea that discretization should be introduced at the very first stage, producing a new approach called Discrete Mechanics and Optimal Control. The latter has various advantages, in particular the discrete solution inherits structural properties, like symmetries and integrals of the motion, and may be convenient from computational point of view. The authors present the whole approach from theoretical properties all the way to simulations. They also add a very nice and honest conclusion section, where they point out the difficulty in finding global optima and some recipe to deal with that.

Benedetto Piccoli, Corresponding Editor

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations / Volume 17 / Issue 02 / 2011, pp 322 - 352

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2011

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/cocv/2010012 (About DOI)

 

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Rinaldo M. Colombo, Michael Herty and Magali Mercier

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations / Volume 17 / Issue 02 / 2011, pp 353 - 379

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2011

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/cocv/2010007 (About DOI)

 

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Philippe Moireau and Dominique Chapelle

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations / Volume 17 / Issue 02 / 2011, pp 380 - 405

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2011

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/cocv/2010006 (About DOI)

 

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Errata

Erratum of article “Reduced-order Unscented Kalman Filtering with application to parameter identification in large-dimensional systems”

 
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Philippe Moireau and Dominique Chapelle

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations / Volume 17 / Issue 02 / 2011, pp 406 - 409

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2011

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/cocv/2011001 (About DOI)

 

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Research Articles

 
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Mihály Petreczky

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations / Volume 17 / Issue 02 / 2011, pp 410 - 445

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2011

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/cocv/2010014 (About DOI)

 

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Mihály Petreczky

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations / Volume 17 / Issue 02 / 2011, pp 446 - 471

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2011

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/cocv/2010015 (About DOI)

 

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Sabine Schemm

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations / Volume 17 / Issue 02 / 2011, pp 472 - 492

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2011

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/cocv/2010016 (About DOI)

 

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Marta Lewicka

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations / Volume 17 / Issue 02 / 2011, pp 493 - 505

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2011

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/cocv/2010002 (About DOI)

 

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Jean-Marie Buchot and Jean-Pierre Raymond

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations / Volume 17 / Issue 02 / 2011, pp 506 - 551

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2011

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/cocv/2010017 (About DOI)

 

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Zhong-Jie Han and Gen-Qi Xu

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations / Volume 17 / Issue 02 / 2011, pp 552 - 574

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2011

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/cocv/2010009 (About DOI)

 

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Stefania Patrizi

ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations / Volume 17 / Issue 02 / 2011, pp 575 - 601

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2011

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/cocv/2010019 (About DOI)

 

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