The existence of optimal controls for problems defined on time scales (Q493053): Difference between revisions

In this well written paper, the existence of optimal controls is discussed for optimal control problems on time scales. The theory starts with a very nice survey on integration theory on time scales \(\mathbb{T}\), for example \(\mathbb{T} = \mathbb{R}, \, \mathbb{T} = \mathbb{Z}\), or \(\mathbb{T}= 1 -q^{\mathbb{N}\cup \{0\}}\) with \(q \in (0,1)\). In particular, the notion of the \(\Delta\)-derivative \(x^{\Delta}\), of the Lebesgue-\(\Delta\)-measure and of the Lebesgue-\(\Delta\)-integral \(\int_{[r,s)\cap \mathbb{T}} f(t) \Delta t\) are introduced. Main result is a theorem on the existence of an optimal control for the problem of minimizing \[ J[x,u] = g(t_1,x(t_1),t_2,x(t_2)) + \int_{[t_1,t_2)\cap \mathbb{T}} f_0(t,x(t),u(t))\, \Delta t \] subject to the differential equation on the time scale \(\mathbb{T}\) \[ x^{ \Delta}(t) = f(t,x(t),u(t)) \quad \Delta \text{-a.e. on } (t_1,t_2)\cap {\mathbb{T}}, \] under appropriate constraints on \((t_1,x(t_1),t_2,x(t_2))\) and pointwise constraints on \(x\) and \(u\).