Computing Methods in Optimization Problems: Papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Computing Methods in Optimization Problems, San Remo, Italy, September 9–13, 1968

✍ Scribed by G. Arienti, A. Colonelli Daneri, M. Auslender, E. J. Beltrami, L. F. Buchanan, A. R. Stubberud, Philippe A. Clavier, R. Cosaert, E. Gottzein, A. De Maio, G. Guardabassi, A. Locatelli, S. Rinaldi, Mark Enns, H. O. Fattorini, Jean Fave, F. Caroti Ghelli, D. H. Jacobson, S. Kau, K. S. P. Kumar, Henry J. Kelley, Walter F. Denham, Angelo Miele, Radivoj Petrović, J. K. Skwirzynski, R. G. Stefanek, P. V. Kokotović, L. E. Weaver, D. G. Schultz (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1969
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 199
• Series: Lecture Notes in Operations Research and Mathematical Economics 14
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages N2-v
Computation of the Switching Times in Optimal Control Problems of Bang-Bang Type....Pages 1-8
Methodes D’Optimisation Dans la Theorie du Controle....Pages 9-19
A Comparison of Some Recent Iterative Methods for the Numerical Solution of Nonlinear Programs....Pages 20-29
Problems in Optimal Control of Macroeconomic Systems....Pages 30-42
Economic Optimization by Simulation: The Confidence Level Approach....Pages 43-54
A Programme for Orbit Determination Associated with Launching and Station Keeping of 24 Hour Satellites....Pages 55-67
Optimal Manpower Training....Pages 68-76
Optimal Control of a Nuclear Reactor Power Plant....Pages 77-91
Control with Bounded Inputs....Pages 92-100
Critere de Convergence par Approximation de L’Optimum pour la Methode du Gradient....Pages 101-113
Statistical Optimization of Circuit Design....Pages 114-128
New Algorithms for Determining Optimal Control: A Differential Dynamic Programming Approach....Pages 129-132
Successive Linearization and Nonlinear Filtering....Pages 133-140
Modeling and Adjoints for Continuous Systems....Pages 141-142
Variational Approach to the Gradient Method: Theory and Numerical Experiments....Pages 143-157
Optimization of a Quasistochastic Class of Multiperiod Investments....Pages 158-166
Optimisation of Electrical Network Responses....Pages 167-171
Obtaining Fuel-Optimal Controls for Linear Time-Varying Plants by Newton’s Method....Pages 172-179
Reactor Control via State Variable Feedback....Pages 180-191
Back Matter....Pages 192-193

✦ Subjects

Economics/Management Science, general