Nonlinear Optimal
Control
Textbook:
S. K. Agrawal and B. C. Fabien, Optimization
of Dynamic Systems, Kluwer Academic
Publishers, 1999.
(Computer code from the book: ODS_code).
Papers:
B. C. Fabien, ``Some tools for the direct solution of optimal control
problems," Advances in Engineering
Software, Vol. 29, pp 45--61, 1998.
S. K. Agrawal, P. Claewplodtook and B. C. Fabien, ``Optimal
trajectories of open-chain mechanical systems: A new solution procedure
without Lagrange multipliers," ASME
Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control, Vol. 120, pp. 134--6,
1998.
S. K. Agrawal, T. Veeraklaew and B. C. Fabien, ``Direct and indirect
optimization of linear time-invariant dynamic systems
using transformations," Optimal
Control Applications & Methods, Vol. 19, pp 393-410, 1998.
S. K. Agrawal, S. Li and B. C. Fabien, ``Optimal trajectories of
open-chain mechanical systems: Explicit optimality equation
with multiple shooting solution," Mechanics
of Structures and Machines, Vol. 25, pp. 163--77, 1997.
B. C. Fabien, ``An extended penalty function approach to the
numerical solution of optimal control problems," Optimal Control Applications & Methods, Vol.
17, 341--355, 1996.
B. C. Fabien, ``Indirect numerical solution of constrained optimal
control problems with parameters," Applied
Mathematics and
Computation, Vol. 80,
43--62, 1996.
B. C. Fabien, ``MSHOOT: A program for solving BVP--DAEs in optimal
control," 4th IASTED International
Conference in
Robotics and Manufacturing,
217--220, 1996.
B. C. Fabien, ``Numerical solution of BVP-DAE arising from optimal
control," 1995 American Control
Conference}, Vol. 3, 2069--2070, 1995.
B. C. Fabien, ``Indirect solution of constrained optimal control
problems," 1995 American
Control Conference}, Vol. 3, 2075--2076, 1995.
Software:
A direct solution method using a 4-th order explicit Runge-Kutta method
and an active set sequential programming technique: dynopt
A Java implementation of a direct method: dynOpt
MSHOOT: A
program for solving BVP--DAEs in optimal control: mshoot