A Relaxation Based Approach to Optimal Control of Hybrid and Switched Systems: A Practical Guide for Engineers

A Relaxation Based Approach to Optimal Control of Hybrid and Switched Systems proposes a unified approach to effective and numerically tractable relaxation schemes for Optimal Control problems of Hybrid and Switched systems. The book first gives an extensive overview of the existing (conventional and newly developed) relaxation techniques associated with the conventional systems described by ordinary differential equations. Next it constructs a self-contained relaxation theory for Optimal Control processes governed by various types (sub-classes) of general Hybrid and Switched systems. It contains all mathematical tools that are necessary for an adequate understanding and using of the sophisticated relaxation techniques. Additionally, this book contains many practically oriented Optimal Control problems related to the new class of dynamic systems. All in all, the book follows the engineering and numerical concepts. However, it can also be considered as a mathematical compendium that contains all the necessary formal results and some important algorithms related to the modern relaxation theory. This fact makes it possible to use this book in systems engineering (specifically in electrical- aerospace- and financial engineering) and in practical systems optimization. Illustrates the use of the relaxation approaches in engineering optimizationPresents application of the relaxation methods in computational schemes for a numerical treatment of the sophisticated Hybrid / Switched Optimal Control problemsOffers a rigorous and self-contained mathematical tool for an adequate understanding and practical use of the relaxation techniquesPresents an extension of the relaxation methodology to the new class of applied dynamic systems, namely, to Hybrid and Switched Control Systems INDICE: 1. Introduction2. Mathematical Background3. Convex Programming4. Short Course in Continuous - Time Dynamic Systems and Control5. Relaxation Schemes in Conventional Optimal Control and Optimization Theory6. Optimal Control of Hybrid and Switched Systems7. Numerically Tractable Relaxation Schemes for Optimal Control of Hybrid and Switched Systems8. Applications of the Relaxation Based Approach

• ISBN: 978-0-12-814788-7
• Editorial: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 440
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés