Discrete approximations for strict convex continuous time problems and duality



Document title: Discrete approximations for strict convex continuous time problems and duality
Journal: Computational & applied mathematics
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000272478
ISSN: 1807-0302
Authors: 1
2
Institutions: 1Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Departamento de Matematica Aplicada, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Volumen: 23
Number: 1
Pages: 81-105
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Aplicado, descriptivo
English abstract We propose a discrete approximation scheme to a class of Linear Quadratic Continuous Time Problems. It is shown, under positiveness of the matrix in the integral cost, that optimal solutions of the discrete problems provide a sequence of bounded variation functions which converges almost everywhere to the unique optimal solution. Furthermore, the method of discretization allows us to derive a number of interesting results based on finite dimensional optimization theory, namely, Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions of optimality and weak and strong duality. A number of examples are provided to illustrate the theory
Disciplines: Matemáticas
Keyword: Matemáticas aplicadas,
Problemas cuadráticos,
Tiempo continuo,
Aproximación discreta
Keyword: Mathematics,
Applied mathematics,
Quadratic problems,
Continuous time,
Discrete approximation
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