Euler's fluid equations: Optimal control vs optimization

Multiperiod Optimization: Dynamic Programming vs. Optimal Control: Discussion

The title of this session pitting Dynamic Programming against Control Theory is misleading since dynamic programming (DP) is an integral part of the discipline of control theory. However, it is timely to discuss the relative merits of DP and other empirical solution approaches to control problems in agricultural economics, and equally importantly, how control theory can be used to pose more use...

Multiperiod Optimization: Dynamic Programming vs. Optimal Control: Discussion

So, have the dynamic programming's day arrived or not? From Burt's comprehensive review, one may possibly draw both answers: yes and no. The positive response is only logical given the list of applications in his paper for the last 20 years or so, which is by no means a complete one. Burt's useful suggestions of how to apply dynamic programming in the multi-dimensional state variable problems i...

Optimal Control of Stochastic Fluid Programs

Optimal Control of Thermally Convected Fluid Flows

We examine the optimal control of stationary thermally convected uid ows from the theoretical and numerical point of view. We use thermal convection as control mechanism, that is, control is eeected through the temperature on part of the boundary. Control problems are formulated as constrained minimization problem. Existence of optimal control is given and a rst order necessary conditions of op...

Optimal Control of Navier-Stokes Fluid Flows