Space trajectory design is usually addressed as an optimal control problem. Although it
relies on the classic theory of optimal control, this branch possesses some peculiarities that …

Physics simulation offers the possibility of truly responsive and realistic animation. Despite
wide adoption of physics simulation for the animation of passive phenomena, such as fluids …

A general-purpose MATLAB software program called GPOPS--II is described for solving
multiple-phase optimal control problems using variable-order Gaussian quadrature …

Chemical engineering applications have been a source of challenging optimization
problems for over 50 years. For many chemical process systems, detailed steady state and …

A survey of numerical methods for optimal control is given. The objective of the article is to
describe the major methods that have been developed over the years for solving general …

This paper presents a computational technique for optimal control problems including state
and control inequality constraints. The technique is based on spectral collocation methods …

For an optimal control problem, one seeks to optimize a performance measure subject to a
set of dynamic, and possibly algebraic, constraints. The dynamic constraints may be …

The control parameterization method is a popular numerical technique for solving optimal
control problems. The main idea of control parameterization is to discretize the control space …

The optimization of batch processes has attracted attention in recent years because, in the
face of growing competition, it is a natural choice for reducing production costs, improving …

Animation through the numerical simulation of physicsbased graphics models offers
unsurpassed realism, but it can be computationally demanding. Likewise, the search for …