Optimal Control of Systems Governed by Partial Differential Equations [Paperback]

1. The development of a theory of optimal control (deterministic) requires the following initial data: (i) a control u belonging to some set ilIi ad (the set of 'admissible controls') which is at our disposition, (ii) for a given control u, the state y(u) of the system which is to be controlled is given by the solution of an equation (*) Ay(u)=given function ofu where A is an operator (assumed known) which specifies the system to be controlled (A is the 'model' of the system), (iii) the observation z(u) which is a function of y(u) (assumed to be known exactly; we consider only deterministic problems in this book), (iv) the cost function J(u) ( economic function ) which is defined in terms of a numerical function z-+1. The development of a theory of optimal control (deterministic) requires the following initial data: (i) a control u belonging to some set ilIi ad (the set of 'admissible controls') which is at our disposition, (ii) for a given control u, the state y(u) of the system which is to be controlled is given by the solution of an equation (*) Ay(u)=given function ofu where A is an operator (assumed known) which specifies the system to be controlled (A is the 'model' of the system), (iii) the observation z(u) which is a function of y(u) (assumed to be known exactly; we consider only deterministic problems in this book), (iv) the cost function J(u) ( economic function ) which is defined in terms of a numerical function z-+Principal Notations.- I Minimization of Functions and Unilateral Boundary Value Problems.- 1. Minimization of Coercive Forms.- 1.1. Notation.- 1.2. The Case when ?: is Coercive.- 1.3. Characterization of the Minimizing Element. Variational Inequalities.- 1.4. Alternative Form of Variational Inequalities.- 1.5. Function J being the Sum of a Differentiable and Non-Differentiable Function.- 1.6. The Convexity Hypothesis on $${U_{ad}}$$.- 1.7. Orientation.- 2. A Direct Solution of Certain Variational Inequalities.- 2.1. Problem Statement.- 2.2.l(