Epsilon-Ritz Method for Solving a Class of Fractional Constrained Optimization Problems

Ali Lotfi () and Sohrab Ali Yousefi ()
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Ali Lotfi: Shahid Beheshti University, G.C
Sohrab Ali Yousefi: Shahid Beheshti University, G.C

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2014, vol. 163, issue 3, No 11, 884-899

Abstract: Abstract In this paper, epsilon and Ritz methods are applied for solving a general class of fractional constrained optimization problems. The goal is to minimize a functional subject to a number of constraints. The functional and constraints can have multiple dependent variables, multiorder fractional derivatives, and a group of initial and boundary conditions. The fractional derivative in the problem is in the Caputo sense. The constrained optimization problems include isoperimetric fractional variational problems (IFVPs) and fractional optimal control problems (FOCPs). In the presented approach, first by implementing epsilon method, we transform the given constrained optimization problem into an unconstrained problem, then by applying Ritz method and polynomial basis functions, we reduce the optimization problem to the problem of optimizing a real value function. The choice of polynomial basis functions provides the method with such a flexibility that initial and boundary conditions can be easily imposed. The convergence of the method is analytically studied and some illustrative examples including IFVPs and FOCPs are presented to demonstrate validity and applicability of the new technique.

Keywords: Epsilon method; Ritz method; Fractional derivative; Fractional variational problem; Fractional optimal control problem (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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