in this paper, boundary value problems of fractional order are converted into an optimal control problems. then an approximate solution is constructed from translations and dilations of a b-spline function such that the exact boundary conditions are satisfied. the fractional differential operators are taken in the riemann-liouville and caputo sense. several example are given and the optimal err...

In this paper we present an energy shaping control law for set-point regulation of the Chaplygin sleigh. It is well known that nonholonomic mechanical systems cannot be asymptotically stabilised using smooth control laws as they do no satisfy Brockett’s necessary condition for smooth stabilisation. Here, we propose a discontinuous control law that can be seen as a potential energy shaping and d...

We consider a seller who owns two capacity constrained resources and markets two products (components) corresponding to these resources as well as a bundle comprising the two components. In an environment where all customers agree that one of the two components is of higher quality than the other and that the bundle is of the highest quality, we derive the seller’s optimal bundling strategy. We...