A New Computational Method for a Class of Free Terminal Time Optimal Control Problems

We develop a numerical method for solving an optimal control problem whose terminal time is not fixed, but is instead determined by a state-dependent stopping criterion. The main idea of this method is to approximate hte control by a piecewise constant function whose values and switching times are d...

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Main Authors: Qun, Lin, Loxton, Ryan, Teo, Kok Lay, Wu, Yong Hong
Format: Journal Article
Published: Yokohama Publishers 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5044
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description We develop a numerical method for solving an optimal control problem whose terminal time is not fixed, but is instead determined by a state-dependent stopping criterion. The main idea of this method is to approximate hte control by a piecewise constant function whose values and switching times are decision variables to be determined optimally. The optimal control problem then becomes an optimization problem with a finite number of decision variables. We develop a novel method for computing the gradient of the cost function in this approximate problem. On this basis, the approximate problem can be solved using any gradient-based optimization technique. We use this approach to solve an aeronautical control problem involving a gliding projectile. We also prove several important convergence results that justify our approximation scheme.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-50442017-01-30T10:43:33Z A New Computational Method for a Class of Free Terminal Time Optimal Control Problems Qun, Lin Loxton, Ryan Teo, Kok Lay Wu, Yong Hong nonlinear optimal control - control parameterization - gradient-based optimization - nonlinear programming We develop a numerical method for solving an optimal control problem whose terminal time is not fixed, but is instead determined by a state-dependent stopping criterion. The main idea of this method is to approximate hte control by a piecewise constant function whose values and switching times are decision variables to be determined optimally. The optimal control problem then becomes an optimization problem with a finite number of decision variables. We develop a novel method for computing the gradient of the cost function in this approximate problem. On this basis, the approximate problem can be solved using any gradient-based optimization technique. We use this approach to solve an aeronautical control problem involving a gliding projectile. We also prove several important convergence results that justify our approximation scheme. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5044 Yokohama Publishers restricted
spellingShingle nonlinear optimal control - control parameterization - gradient-based optimization - nonlinear programming
Qun, Lin
Loxton, Ryan
Teo, Kok Lay
Wu, Yong Hong
A New Computational Method for a Class of Free Terminal Time Optimal Control Problems
title A New Computational Method for a Class of Free Terminal Time Optimal Control Problems
title_full A New Computational Method for a Class of Free Terminal Time Optimal Control Problems
title_fullStr A New Computational Method for a Class of Free Terminal Time Optimal Control Problems
title_full_unstemmed A New Computational Method for a Class of Free Terminal Time Optimal Control Problems
title_short A New Computational Method for a Class of Free Terminal Time Optimal Control Problems
title_sort new computational method for a class of free terminal time optimal control problems
topic nonlinear optimal control - control parameterization - gradient-based optimization - nonlinear programming
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5044