Orlov, V. N.; Rudenko, A. V. Optimal control in problems of extremals of irreversible thermodynamic processes. (English. Russian original) Zbl 0606.49001 Autom. Remote Control 46, 549-577 (1985); translation from Avtom. Telemekh. 1985, No. 5, 1-41 (1985). The article surveys the literature on optimal control of thermodynamic processes - a new area of research at the junction of irreversible thermodynamics and optimal control theory. Cited in 1 Document MSC: 49J15 Existence theories for optimal control problems involving ordinary differential equations 49-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to calculus of variations and optimal control 82B35 Irreversible thermodynamics, including Onsager-Machlup theory 49K15 Optimality conditions for problems involving ordinary differential equations Keywords:optimal control of thermodynamic processes PDF BibTeX XML Cite \textit{V. N. Orlov} and \textit{A. V. Rudenko}, Autom. Remote Control 46, 549--577 (1985; Zbl 0606.49001); translation from Avtom. Telemekh. 1985, No. 5, 1--41 (1985)