The relaxation method has enjoyed an intensive development during many decades and
this new edition of this comprehensive text reflects in particular the main achievements in the …

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A class of optimal control of systems with distributed parameters is considered. The process
of the systems under consideration is governed by a linear parabolic partial differential …

The optimal control problem of minimizing the dynamic response of anisotropic symmetric or
antisymmetric composite laminated rectangular plates with various boundary conditions is …

A multiobjective design and control optimization problem for functionally graded (FG) plates
is presented using a first-order plate theory including the normal strain effect. The aim of the …

A maximum principle is developed for a class of problems involving the optimal control of a
damped-parameter system governed by a linear hyperbolic equation in one space …

The optimal control of a distributed system consisting of two Euler–Bernoulli beams coupled
in parallel with pointwise controllers is considered. An index of performance is formulated …

Active vibration control in a flexible beam is investigated by taking into account the time-
delay which may occur in voltage controlled piezoelectric actuators. The voltage applied to a …

A maximum principle is developed for a class of problems involving the optimal control of a
system of linear hyperbolic equations in one space dimension that are not necessarily …

The problem of minimising the dynamic response of an anisotropic rectangular plate with
minimum possible expenditure of force is presented for various cases of boundary …