Optimization Techniques Part 1: Proceedings of the 8th IFIP Conference on Optimization Techniques Würzburg, September 5–9, 1977

Stochastic optimization: Time-continuous data models....Pages 1-7
Conjugate direction methods in optimization....Pages 8-27
Remarks on the relationships between free surfaces and optimal control of distributed systems....Pages 28-40
Some mathematical models in immunology....Pages 41-62
On some self-immunization mechanisms of applied mathematics: The case of Catastrophe Theory....Pages 63-84
World models....Pages 85-86
World modeling....Pages 87-89
Limitations of world models....Pages 90-91
The use of nonlinear programming in a direct/indirect method for optimal control problems....Pages 92-102
Approximation of functional-differential equations by ordinary differential equations and hereditary control problems....Pages 103-108
An algorithm to obtain the maximum solution of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation....Pages 109-116
Time optimal control of state constrained linear discrete systems....Pages 117-127
A robust adaptive procedure for solving a non Gaussian identification problem....Pages 128-138
Optimization and uncertainty....Pages 139-148
The separation principle for the control of linear stochastic systems with arbitrary information structure....Pages 149-157
A decomposition scheme for the Hamilton-Jacobi equation....Pages 158-165
Calculation of optimal measurement policies for feedback control of linear stochastic systems....Pages 166-176
On the optimal search for a moving target in discrete space....Pages 177-185
Optimal maintenance and inspection : An impulsive control approach....Pages 186-198
Application of open loop control to the determination of optimal temperature profile in the chemical reactor....Pages 199-213
Output regulation in partially observable linear disturbed systems....Pages 214-227
Reaction of continuous dynamic systems with complex form under time-space random fields....Pages 228-244
On the characterization and the computation of the characteristic function of a game without side payments....Pages 245-254
Evasion in the plane....Pages 255-263
A differential game approach to collision avoidance of ships....Pages 264-271
A method for computing nash equilibria for non-zero-sum differential games....Pages 272-281
Numerical approximation and identification in a 1-D parabolic degenerated non-linear diffusion and transport equation....Pages 282-293
Optimization of the design of an in-flight refueling system....Pages 294-302
The FE (Finite Element) & LP (Linear Programming) method and the related methods for optimization of partial differential equation systems....Pages 303-312
A generalization of the duality in optimal control and some numerical conclusions....Pages 313-320
On optimal damping of one-dimensional vibrating systems....Pages 321-331
Stability and stabilizability of linear control systems on Hilbert space via operator dilation theory....Pages 332-333
On discrete-time Ritz-Galerkin approximation of control constrained optimal control problems for parabolic equations....Pages 334-342
Optimal design and eigenvalue problems....Pages 343-352
Optimal control of a parabolic boundary value problem....Pages 353-361
A variational inequality associated with a Stefan problem simulation and control....Pages 362-369
Numerical methods for a generalized optimal control problem....Pages 370-379
A cosine operator approach to modelling boundary input hyperbolic systems....Pages 380-390
The linearization of the quadratic resistance term in the equations of motion for a pure harmonic tide in a canal and the identification of the Chézy parameter C....Pages 391-399
Stochastic simulation of space-time dependent predator-prey models....Pages 400-410
Optimal derivation of antibody distribution in the immune response from noisy data....Pages 411-420
Compartmental control model of the immune process....Pages 421-430
The IgM-IgG switch looked at from a control theoretic viewpoint....Pages 431-440
Two-level optimization techniques in electric power systems....Pages 441-453
Multiobjective programming and siting of industrial plants....Pages 454-466
Economic operation of electric power system under environmental impacts....Pages 467-477
An optimum operation of pump and reservoir in water supply system....Pages 478-488
Optimal expansion of generating capacity in national electric power energy system....Pages 489-499
Pipeline network optimization-an application to slurry pipelines....Pages 500-510
Linear fitting of non-linear functions in optimization. A case study: Air pollution problems....Pages 511-522