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On the convergence of a numerical method for optimal control problems. (English) Zbl 0174.20704

Summary: Under suitable restrictions, convergence to the solutions of a class of optimal control problems is proved for a method by Rosen in which the differential equations, constraints, and cost functional are discretized, and the resulting mathematical programming problem is solved approximately by a penalty-function approach.

MSC:

65K10 Numerical optimization and variational techniques
65K05 Numerical mathematical programming methods
49M25 Discrete approximations in optimal control
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