Optimal control theory is concerned with finding control functions that minimize cost functions for systems described by differential equations. The methods hav

This is a book on optimal control problems (OCPs) for partial differential equations (PDEs) that evolved from a series of courses taught by the authors in the l

1. The development of a theory of optimal control (deterministic) requires the following initial data: (i) a control u belonging to some set ilIi ad (the set of

Optimal Control of Differential and Functional Equations presents a mathematical theory of deterministic optimal control, with emphasis on problems involving fu

The intention of this textbook is to provide both, the theoretical and computational tools that are necessary to investigate and to solve optimal control proble