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We study problems of the calculus of variations and optimal control within the framework of time scales. Specifically, we obtain Euler-Lagrange type equations for both Lagrangians depending on higher order delta derivatives and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-07-30 Rui A. C. Ferreira

We prove necessary optimality conditions of Euler-Lagrange type for generalized problems of the calculus of variations on time scales with a Lagrangian depending not only on the independent variable, an unknown function and its delta…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-05-02 Natalia Martins , Delfim F. M. Torres

The aim of this paper is to bring together two approaches to non-conservative systems -- the generalized variational principle of Herglotz and the fractional calculus of variations. Namely, we consider functionals whose extrema are sought,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-06-04 Ricardo Almeida , Agnieszka B. Malinowska

The study of fractional variational problems in terms of a combined fractional Caputo derivative is introduced. Necessary optimality conditions of Euler-Lagrange type for the basic, isoperimetric, and Lagrange variational problems are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-12-16 Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

We obtain necessary optimality conditions for variational problems with a Lagrangian depending on a Caputo fractional derivative, a fractional and an indefinite integral. Main results give fractional Euler-Lagrange type equations and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-11-11 Ricardo Almeida , Shakoor Pooseh , Delfim F. M. Torres

We establish necessary optimality conditions for variational problems with a Lagrangian depending on a combined Caputo derivative of variable fractional order. The endpoint of the integral is free, and thus transversality conditions are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-30 Dina Tavares , Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

The study of fuzzy fractional variational problems in terms of a fractional Liouville-Caputo derivative is introduced. Necessary optimality conditions for problems of the fuzzy fractional calculus of variations with free end-points are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-12-26 O. S. Fard , R. Almeida , J. Soolaki , A. H. Borzabadi

We generalize the fractional variational problem by allowing the possibility that the lower bound in the fractional derivative does not coincide with the lower bound of the integral that is minimized. Also, for the standard case when these…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-27 Teodor M. Atanackovic , Sanja Konjik , Stevan Pilipovic

We prove optimality conditions for generalized quantum variational problems with a Lagrangian depending on the free end-points. Problems of calculus of variations of this type cannot be solved using the classical theory.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-02-02 Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Natalia Martins

The present paper extends the classical second-order variational problem of Herglotz type to the more general context of the Euclidean sphere S^n following variational and optimal control approaches. The relation between the Hamiltonian…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2018-11-13 L. Machado , L. Abrunheiro , N. Martins

In this PhD thesis we introduce a generalized fractional calculus of variations. We consider variational problems containing generalized fractional integrals and derivatives, and study them using standard (indirect) and direct methods. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-03-19 Tatiana Odzijewicz

We prove Euler-Lagrange and natural boundary necessary optimality conditions for problems of the calculus of variations which are given by a composition of nabla integrals on an arbitrary time scale. As an application, we get optimality…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-09-27 Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

We introduce a discrete-time fractional calculus of variations on the time scale $h\mathbb{Z}$, $h > 0$. First and second order necessary optimality conditions are established. Examples illustrating the use of the new Euler-Lagrange and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-10-29 Nuno R. O. Bastos , Rui A. C. Ferreira , Delfim F. M. Torres

We study incommensurate fractional variational problems in terms of a generalized fractional integral with Lagrangians depending on classical derivatives and generalized fractional integrals and derivatives. We obtain necessary optimality…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-10-03 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

We prove a necessary optimality condition of Euler-Lagrange type for fractional variational problems with derivatives of incommensurate variable order. This allows us to state a version of Noether's theorem without transformation of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-10-14 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

We establish Euler-Lagrange equations for a problem of Calculus of variations where the unknown variable contains a term of delay on a segment.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-31 Joël Blot , Mamadou Ibrahima Koné

This paper on the whole concerns with the duality of Mayer problem for k-th order differential inclusions, where k is an arbitrary natural number. Thus, this work for constructing the dual problems to differential inclusions of any order…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-20 Elimhan N. Mahmudov

We consider problems of the calculus of variations on unbounded time scales. We prove the validity of the Euler-Lagrange equation on time scales for infinite horizon problems, and a new transversality condition.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-01-04 Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Natalia Martins , Delfim F. M. Torres

We deal with direct and inverse problems of the calculus of variations on arbitrary time scales. Firstly, using the Euler-Lagrange equation and the strengthened Legendre condition, we give a general form for a variational functional to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-03 Monika Dryl , Delfim F. M. Torres

The article concerns the problem if a~given system of differential equations is identical with the Euler--Lagrange system of an~appropriate variational integral. Elementary approach is applied. The main results involve the determination of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2014-08-26 Veronika Chrastinova , Vaclav Tryhuk