Accession Number:

ADA026407

Title:

Solving Control Problems with Discrete Controls.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

DARCOM INTERN TRAINING CENTER TEXARKANA TEX

Personal Author(s):

• Schuetz,Randy J.

Report Date:

1976-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

73.0

Abstract:

This paper presents a solution to a class of control problems with discrete controls. The class of problems examined are those governed by a set of n first order linear ordinary differential equations, subject to a set of m linear constraints m n, wherein a given quadratic performance index is to be minimized. The discrete controls appear in the solution as initial values of the differential equations. The procedure is implemented in a computer program, and applied to two example problems. Author

Descriptors:

• *CONTROL THEORY
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS
• RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS
• DISCRETE DISTRIBUTION
• DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Subject Categories:

• Numerical Mathematics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE