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New optimality conditions for nonsmooth control problems

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Author(s):
de Oliveira, Valeriano Antunes [1] ; Silva, Geraldo Nunes [1]
Total Authors: 2
Affiliation:
[1] UNESP Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Matemat Aplicada, Inst Biociencias Letras & Ciencias Exatas, BR-15054000 Sao Jose Do Rio Preto, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 1
Document type: Journal article
Source: Journal of Global Optimization; v. 57, n. 4, p. 1465-1484, DEC 2013.
Web of Science Citations: 3
Abstract

This work considers nonsmooth optimal control problems and provides two new sufficient conditions of optimality. The first condition involves the Lagrange multipliers while the second does not. We show that under the first new condition all processes satisfying the Pontryagin Maximum Principle (called MP-processes) are optimal. Conversely, we prove that optimal control problems in which every MP-process is optimal necessarily obey our first optimality condition. The second condition is more natural, but it is only applicable to normal problems and the converse holds just for smooth problems. Nevertheless, it is proved that for the class of normal smooth optimal control problems the two conditions are equivalent. Some examples illustrating the features of these sufficient concepts are presented. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 09/18643-0 - Optimal control of nonlinear systems
Grantee:Geraldo Nunes Silva
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
FAPESP's process: 11/01977-2 - Contributions in optimal control theory
Grantee:Valeriano Antunes de Oliveira
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants