Control problems with differential constraints of higher order

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DOI10.1016/J.NA.2021.112263zbMATH Open1461.49027arXiv2006.16023OpenAlexW3127957179MaRDI QIDQ2019299FDOQ2019299


Authors: Franco Cardin, Cristina Giannotti, Andrea Spiro Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 20 April 2021

Published in: Nonlinear Analysis. Theory, Methods \& Applications. Series A: Theory and Methods (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider cost minimising control problems, in which the dynamical system is constrained by higher order differential equations of Euler-Lagrange type. Following ideas from a previous paper by the first and the third author, we prove that a curve of controls uo(t) and a set of initial conditions sigmao gives an optimal solution for a control problem of the considered type if and only if an appropriate double integral is greater than or equal to zero along any homotopy (u(t,s),sigma(s)) of control curves and initial data starting from uo(t)=u(t,0) and sigmao=sigma(0). This property is called "Principle of Minimal Labour". From this principle we derive a generalisation of the classical Pontryagin Maximum Principle that holds under higher order differential constraints of Euler-Lagrange type and without the hypothesis of fixed initial data.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.16023




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