Computational Methods in the Fractional Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control
Abstract
The fractional calculus of variations and fractional optimal control are generalizations of the corresponding classical theories, that allow problem modeling and formulations with arbitrary order derivatives and integrals. Because of the lack of analytic methods to solve such fractional problems, numerical techniques are developed. Here, we mainly investigate the approximation of fractional operators by means of series of integer-order derivatives and generalized finite differences. We give upper bounds for the error of proposed approximations and study their efficiency. Direct and indirect methods in solving fractional variational problems are studied in detail. Furthermore, optimality conditions are discussed for different types of unconstrained and constrained variational problems and for fractional optimal control problems. The introduced numerical methods are employed to solve some illustrative examples.
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@article{arxiv.1312.4064,
title = {Computational Methods in the Fractional Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control},
author = {Shakoor Pooseh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.4064},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
PhD thesis, Doctoral Programme in Mathematics and Applications (PDMA), University of Aveiro and University of Minho, 2013. Supervisor: Delfim F. M. Torres; co-supervisor: Ricardo Almeida. Defended and approved 18-Sept-2013. See http://hdl.handle.net/10773/11510. University of Aveiro, PhD thesis, 2013. RIA:hdl.handle.net/10773/11510