Nguyen Dinh Solving a class of linear optimal control problems with several control variables by the method of orienting curves. (English) Zbl 0815.49015 Optimization 30, No. 3, 269-281 (1994). Summary: We prove that the method of orienting curves described by H. X. Phu [Numer. Funct. Anal. Optimization 12, No. 1/2, 173-211 (1991; Zbl 0766.49016)] can be applied to solve a class of linear optimal control problems with one state and several control variables, and with state constraints. By this method, optimal trajectories of problems in this class can be constructed as a path which consists of parts of orienting curves, boundary arcs, and a final curve. MSC: 49K05 Optimality conditions for free problems in one independent variable 65K10 Numerical optimization and variational techniques Keywords:bottleneck point; method of orienting curves; optimal control problems; boundary arcs; final curve Citations:Zbl 0766.49016 × Cite Format Result Cite Review PDF Full Text: DOI