On a functional equation of Bellman in the theory of dynamic programming.
On necessary optimality conditions in a class of optimization problems
In the paper necessary optimality conditions are derived for the minimization of a locally Lipschitz objective with respect to the consttraints , where is a closed set and is a set-valued map. No convexity requirements are imposed on . The conditions are applied to a generalized mathematical programming problem and to an abstract finite-dimensional optimal control problem.
On the best choice of a damping sequence in iterative optimization methods.
Some iterative methods of mathematical programming use a damping sequence {αt} such that 0 ≤ αt ≤ 1 for all t, αt → 0 as t → ∞, and Σ αt = ∞. For example, αt = 1/(t+1) in Brown's method for solving matrix games. In this paper, for a model class of iterative methods, the convergence rate for any damping sequence {αt} depending only on time t is computed. The computation is used to find the best damping sequence.
On the functional equation of Bellman in the theory of dynamic programming. (Short Communication).
On the iterative construction of a solution of nonlinear elliptic boundary value problems
On the Short Term Behaviour of Genetic Algorithms
Optimal control problems on parallelizable riemannian manifolds : theory and applications
The motivation for this work is the real-time solution of a standard optimal control problem arising in robotics and aerospace applications. For example, the trajectory planning problem for air vehicles is naturally cast as an optimal control problem on the tangent bundle of the Lie Group which is also a parallelizable riemannian manifold. For an optimal control problem on the tangent bundle of such a manifold, we use frame co-ordinates and obtain first-order necessary conditions employing calculus...
Optimal control problems on parallelizable Riemannian manifolds: theory and applications
The motivation for this work is the real-time solution of a standard optimal control problem arising in robotics and aerospace applications. For example, the trajectory planning problem for air vehicles is naturally cast as an optimal control problem on the tangent bundle of the Lie Group SE(3), which is also a parallelizable Riemannian manifold. For an optimal control problem on the tangent bundle of such a manifold, we use frame co-ordinates and obtain first-order necessary conditions...
Optimisation stochastique : méthodes de descente