Time/fuel optimal control of constrained linear discrete systems (Q1082313)

A unified approach to solving three common optimal control problems is presented, for linear systems under general constraints. The problems are: (1) the time optimal control problem; (2) the fuel optimal control problem in fixed time; (3) the time optimal control problem with a fuel constraint. A special purpose linear programming algorithm is used. State variable constraints are efficiently handled by a cutting plane algorithm. An example of a sixth order system with two inputs and two state variable constraints illustrates the method as implemented on a personal computer.