Optimal Control Theory, Algorithms, and Applications
February 27 - March 1, 1997, the conference Optimal Control: The ory, Algorithms, and Applications took place at the University of Florida, hosted by the Center for Applied Optimization. The conference brought together researchers from universities, indu
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		    Applied Optimization Volume 15 Series Editors: Panos M. Pardalos University of Florida, U.S.A. Donald Hearn University of Florida, U.S.A.
 
 The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
 
 Optitnal Control Theory, Algorithms, and Applications
 
 by
 
 William H. Hager Department ofMathematics, University of Gainesville
 
 and Panos M. Pardalos Department ofIndustrial & Systems Engineering, University ofFlorida, Gainesville
 
 SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
 
 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
 
 ISBN 978-1-4419-4796-3 ISBN 978-1-4757-6095-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4757-6095-8
 
 Printed on acid-free paper
 
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 Contents Preface Uniform Decays in Nonlinear Thermoelastic Systems
 
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 George Avalos and Irena Lasiecka 1 Introduction 1.1 Statement of the Problem 1.2 Statement of the Main Result 1.3 Abstract Formulation 2 Proof of Main Result References
 
 2 2 4 6 13 22
 
 Absolute Stability of Feedback Systems in Hilbert Spaces
 
 24
 
 Francesca Bucci 1 Introduction 2 The Convolution Equation Approach 3 Frequency Theorems with Application to Stability 4 Feedback Systems with Unbounded Input Operator References
 
 25 27 30 35 36
 
 A Projection Method for Accurate Computation of Design Sensitivities
 
 40
 
 John A. Burns, Lisa G. Stanley, and Dawn L. Stewart 1 Introduction 2 A Model Problem 2.1 The Sensitivity Equation
 
 41 41 42
 
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 2.2 Numerical Approximations 3 Computational Algorithms 3.1 A Finite Element Scheme 3.2 The Smoothing Projection Scheme 4 Numerical Results 4.1 Convergence of Solutions for the Boundary Value Problem and Sensitivity Equation 4.2 Optimization Results 5 A 2-D Flow Problem 5.1 Flow Around a Cylinder 5.2 Numerical Results 6 Conclusions and Future Work References
 
 50 55 57 60 61 65 65
 
 On Exact Controllability and Convergence of Optimal Controls to Exact Controls of Parabolic Equations
 
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 Yanzhao Gao, Max Gunzburger, and James Turner 1 Introduction 2 Definitions, Notation and Preliminaries 3 Representation of the Terminal State 3.1 An Operator Representation of the Terminal State 3.2 Properties of the Operator R 3.3 Approximate Controllability: a Constructive Proof 4 Exact Controllability and Convergence of the Optimal Controls to Exact Controls: A Constructive Proof of Exact Controllability
 
 77
 
 References
 
 81
 
 Spectral Analysis of Thermo-elastic Plates with Rotational Forces
 
 84
 
 S. K. Chang and Roberto Triggiani 1 Introduction. Problem Statement. Main Result 1.1 Motivation and Overview 1.2 Statement of Analyticity for r = 0
 
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 1.3 Statement of Lack of Compactness and Differentiability for 1 > 0 1 2 Spectral Analysi		
 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	