Initialization of the Shooting Method via the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Approach

E. Cristiani () and P. Martinon ()
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E. Cristiani: Università di Salerno
P. Martinon: INRIA and CMAP École Polytechnique

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2010, vol. 146, issue 2, No 5, 346 pages

Abstract: Abstract The aim of this paper is to investigate from the numerical point of view the coupling of the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation and the Pontryagin minimum principle (PMP) to solve some control problems. A rough approximation of the value function computed by the HJB method is used to obtain an initial guess for the PMP method. The advantage of our approach over other initialization techniques (such as continuation or direct methods) is to provide an initial guess close to the global minimum. Numerical tests involving multiple minima, discontinuous control, singular arcs and state constraints are considered.

Keywords: Optimal control problems; Minimum time problems; Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations; Pontryagin minimum principle; Shooting method (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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