Numerical method for solving a nonlinear time-optimal control problem with additive control

Nonlinear systems whose right-hand sides are divided by the state and control and are linear in control are considered. An iterative method is proposed for solving time-optimal control problems for such systems. The method is based on constructing finite sequences of adjacent simplexes with their vertices lying on the boundaries of reachability sets. For a controllable system, it is proved that the minimizing sequence converges to an ?-optimal solution in a finite number of iterations.     

ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTION OF SINGULARLY PERTURBED PROBLEM FOR A NONLINEAR SINGULAR EQUATION

The singularly perturbed initial value problem for a nonlinear singular equation is considered. By using a simple and special method the asymptotic behavior of solution is studied.     

Formal asymptotic solution of a singularly perturbed nonlinear optimal control problem

A system of equations that arises in a singularly perturbed optimal control problem is studied. We give conditions under which a formal asymptotic solution exists. This formal asymptotic solution consists of an outer expansion and left and right boundary-layer expansions. A feature of our procedure is that we do nota priori eliminate the control function from the problem. In particular, we construct a formal asymptotic expansion for the control directly. We apply our procedure to a Mayer-type problem. The paper concludes with a worked example.     

二阶非线性奇摄动微分方程的渐近解

研究了二阶非线性奇摄动微分方程的边值问题.利用匹配原则和微分不等式原理,得到一阶非线性问题的渐近解,进而得到二阶奇摄动问题的解的渐近估计.     

Approximate solution of singularly perturbed nonlinear pursuit-evasion games

Several errors in Ref. 1 are corrected.     

Approximate solution of singularly perturbed nonlinear pursuit-evasion games

A methodology to obtain an approximate solution of a singularly perturbed nonlinear differential game is presented. The outcome of the game with approximate strategies, defined as extended value, is related to the saddle-point value of the game. In an example of a simple pursuit-evasion game, it is shown that the proposed methodology leads to an easily implementable feedback form solution with fairly accurate results. This approach seems to be attractive for analyzing realistic air-combat models without solving a two-point boundary-value problem.This research was partially supported by AFSC Contract No. F-49620-79-6-0135. The authors are grateful to Prof. J. V. Breakwell for encouraging the approach taken in this research. Thanks are also due to Dr. S. Gutman and Dr. J. Lewin for their useful comments.     

A CLASS OF SINGULARLY PERTURBED NONLINEAR BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM

The singularly perturbed boundary value problem for the nonlinear boundary conditions is considered. Under suitable conditions,the asymptotic behavior of solution for the original problems is studied by using theory of differential inequalities.     

非线性边值条件非线性方程的奇摄动问题

研究了三阶非线性边值条件的非线性方程奇摄动问题,先用合成展开法对形式近似解进行构造,再利用相关微分不等式理论给出所得解的存在性及一致有效性的证明.     

Uniformly valid feedback expansions for optimal control of singularly perturbed dynamic systems

This paper shows how to construct a feedback control law for a class of singularly perturbed autonomous optimization problems. The control law is expressed as a single power series in the small parameter representing the ratio of the two effective time scales of the problem. The present approach avoids the need of expansion matching. The method is applied to a constant-speed interception problem. Comparison of numerical results with the exact solution shows an excellent agreement.Dedicated to G. Leitmann     

Asymptotic solution of nonlinear nonlocal singularly perturbed reaction diffusion problems with two parameters

A class of differential-difference reaction diffusion equations initial boundary problem with a small time delay is considered. Under suitable conditions and by using method of the stretched variable, the formal asymptotic solution is constructed. And then, by using the theory of differential inequalities the uniformly validity of solution is proved.     

Some remarks on the renormalization group and Chapman-Enskog type methods in singularly perturbed problems

In this paper, we show that for a large class of singularly perturbed problems, the classical Chapman-Enskog asymptotic procedure leads, in a shorter way, to the same asymptotic expansion as the renormalization group (RG) approach. We also prove that the Chapman-Enskog expansion gives the expected error estimates uniformly on $[0,\infty )$.     

A class of singularly perturbed,nonlinear, fixed-endpoint control problems

Singular perturbation techniques are applied to a class of nonlinear, fixed-endpoint control problems to decompose the full-order problem into three lower-order problems, namely, the reduced problem and the left and right boundary-layer problems. The boundary-layer problems are linear-quadratic and, contrary to previous singular perturbation works, the reduced problem has a simple formulation. The solutions of these lower-order problems are combined to yield an approximate solution to the full nonlinear problem. Based on the properties of the lower-order problems, the full problem is shown to possess an asymptotic series solution.This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ENG-47-20091 and in part by the US Air Force under Grant No. AFOSR-73-2570.The author acknowledges the helpful suggestions of Professor P. V. Kokotovic, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.     

一类非线性对偶系统的渐近解及其可解性条件

利用渐近理论,讨论了一类非线性对偶系统.在适当的条件下,得出了这一类非线性系统解的存在性条件及其渐近解.将此结果用于二自由度陀螺系统,较简捷地得到了该系统的具有小而有限振幅的渐近解.     

一类带小时滞的非线性快慢系统的渐近解

研究了一类带小时滞的非线性快慢系统的初始值问题,在一定假设条件下,利用奇异摄动理论和校正函数法构造了该问题的形式渐近解,并利用微分不等式理论证明了渐近解的一致有效性.最后进行了算例分析,结果显示时滞能对快慢系统产生重要影响,并表明所述摄动方法是一个行之有效的近似解析方法.从而,可以利用得到的渐近解对系统的动力学行为进行更深层次地分析与研究.     

一类具非线性边值条件的非线性方程的奇摄动问题

研究了一类具非线性边值条件的非线性方程的奇摄动问题,运用合成展开法构造了问题的形式渐近解,并用微分不等式理论证明了所得渐近解的一致有效性.     

Positive solution of singularly perturbed Dirichlet problem with singularities

A class of singularly perturbed boundary value problem with singularities is considered. Introducing the stretched variables, the boundary layer corrective terms near x = 0 and x = 1 are constructed. Under suitable conditions, by using the theory of differential inequalities the existence and asymptotic behavior of solution for boundary value problem are proved, uniformly valid asymptotic expansion of solution with boundary layers are obtained,     

Asymptotics of the solution to a singularly perturbed system of first-order partial differential equations with small nonlinearity in the critical case

A formal asymptotic representation of the solution to an initial-boundary value problem for a singularly perturbed system of first-order partial differential equations with small nonlinearity is constructed.     

An algorithm for the asymptotic solution of a singularly perturbed linear time-optimal control problem

An algorithm for the approximate solution (in the asymptotic sense) of a singularly perturbed linear time-optimal control problem is proposed. A computational procedure is outlined, which permits the use of the resulting asymptotic approximation for. the exact solution of the problem with a prescribed value of the small parameter.     

High order robust approximations for singularly perturbed semilinear systems

In this paper, a system of M (?2) singularly perturbed semilinear reaction–diffusion equations is considered. To obtain a high order approximation to the solution of this system, we propose a hybrid numerical method that employs a generalized Shishkin mesh with the Numerov discretization in the boundary layer regions and either a non-equidistant generalization of the Numerov discretization or classical central differences in the outer region. It is proved that the method is almost fourth order convergent in the maximum norm uniformly with respect to the perturbation parameter. Numerical experiments support the theoretical results and demonstrate the effectiveness of the method.