Optimization and control of distributed systems

✍ Scribed by Matthias Heinkenschloss

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 48 KB
• Volume: 48
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-6911
• DOI: 10.1016/s0167-6911(02)00259-1

✦ Synopsis

Optimization and control of distributed systems are active and expanding research areas. A growing number of applications require the resolution of system properties that cannot be attained by simple algebraic or lumped parameter models, but rather require a description involving (systems of) partial di erential equations. At the same time, progress in computational and applied mathematics combined with the availability of rapidly increasing computer power steadily enlarges the range of applications that can be simulated numerically. These developments lead to new challenges in the optimization and control of distributed systems. The articles in this special issue provide insight into recent developments and existing challenges in various areas of optimization and control of distributed systems and their applications. They also illustrate the breadth of this ÿeld.

This special issue is dedicated to Jacques-Louis Lions . The in uence of his scientiÿc work and leadership on the development of computational and applied mathematics, and in particular control of distributed parameter systems, cannot be overstated. The following dedication to Jacques-Louis Lions by Roland Glowinski highlights J.-L. Lions's impact on the control of distributed parameter systems. For an account of his entire scientiÿc work and other activities, the reader is encouraged to peruse the article Jacques-