Semiconcave functions, Hamilton-Jacobi equations, and optimal control

Author(s)

• Cannarsa, Piermarco
• Sinestrari, Carlo

Bibliographic Information

Semiconcave functions, Hamilton-Jacobi equations, and optimal control

Piermarco Cannarsa, Carlo Sinestrari

（Progress in nonlinear differential equations and their applications / editor, Haim Brezis, v. 58）

Birkhäuser, c2004

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

* A comprehensive and systematic exposition of the properties of semiconcave functions and their various applications, particularly to optimal control problems, by leading experts in the field * A central role in the present work is reserved for the study of singularities * Graduate students and researchers in optimal control, the calculus of variations, and PDEs will find this book useful as a reference work on modern dynamic programming for nonlinear control systems

Table of Contents

A Model Problem.- Semiconcave Functions.- Generalized Gradients and Semiconcavity.- Singularities of Semiconcave Functions.- Hamilton-Jacobi Equations.- Calculus of Variations.- Optimal Control Problems.- Control Problems with Exit Time.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA67371443
• ISBN:
  • 0817640843
  • 0817643362
• LCCN: 2004043695
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Boston
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 304 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QA353.C64
  • DC22 : 515/.355
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Concave functions
  • LCSH : Hamilton-Jacobi equations
  • LCSH : Control theory
  • LCSH : Mathematical optimization
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA07303999