Accession Number:

AD0837264

Title:

SOLUTION OF OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEMS USING HYBRID COMPUTERS.

Descriptive Note:

Rept. for 1 Jun-1 Aug 67,

Corporate Author:

AEROSPACE CORP EL SEGUNDO CA EL SEGUNDO TECHNICAL OPERATIONS

Personal Author(s):

• Hubbard, G. W.

Report Date:

1968-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

34.0

Abstract:

By employing Pontryagins maximum principle, the problem of finding optimal control for a system described by n first order simultaneous differential equations is reduced to a two point boundary value problem. Two schemes for solution of these problems on an iterative hybrid computer are given along with a discussion of the advantages of each. Author

Descriptors:

• *OPERATIONS RESEARCH
• *COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• CONTROL SYSTEMS
• COMPUTERS
• OPTIMIZATION
• ANALOG COMPUTERS
• DIGITAL COMPUTERS
• ITERATIONS
• PERTURBATION THEORY
• FLOW CHARTING
• LINEAR SYSTEMS
• SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS
• BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS

Subject Categories:

• Operations Research
• Computer Programming and Software
• Computer Hardware

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE