Exact penalty methods for nonlinear optimal control problems
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Authors
Blanchard, Eunice Anita
Date
2014Supervisor
Assoc. Prof. Volker Rehbock
Dr Ryan Loxton
Type
Thesis
Award
PhD
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics
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Abstract
Research comprised of developing solution techniques to three classes of non-standard optimal control problems, namely: optimal control problems with discontinuous objective functions arising in aquaculture operations; impulsive optimal control problems with minimum subsystem durations; optimal control problems involving dual-mode hybrid systems with state-dependent switching conditions. The numerical algorithms developed involved an exact penalty approach to transform the constrained problem into an unconstrained problem which was readily solvable by a standard optimal control software.
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