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On geometric duality for state-constrained control problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

T.R. Jefferson  and
C.H. Scott
T.R. Jefferson
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South wales.
C.H. Scott
Affiliation:
School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South wales.
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For convex optimal control problems without explicit pure state constraints, the structure of dual problems is now well known. However, when these constraints are present and active, the theory of duality is not highly developed. The major difficulty is that the dual variables are not absolutely continuous functions as a result of singularities when the state trajectory hits a state constraint. In this paper we recognize this difficulty by formulating the dual probram in the space of measurable functions. A strong duality theorem is derived. This pairs a primal, state constrained convex optimal control problem with a dual convex control problem that is unconstrained with respect to state constraints. In this sense, the dual problem is computationally more attractive than the primal.

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Research Article
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Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , April 1979 , pp. 301 - 312
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1979

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