Second-order analysis of optimal control problems with control and initial-final state constraints

This paper provides an analysis of Pontryagine mimina satisfying a quadratic growth condition, for optimal control problems of ordinary differential equations with constraints on initial-final state, as well as control constraints satisfying the uniform positive linear independence condition. Citation Rapport de Recherche INRIA 6707, Oct. 2008. Article Download View Second-order analysis of optimal control problems … Read more

Fast computation of the leastcore and prenucleolus of cooperative games

The computation of leastcore and prenucleolus is an efficient way of allocating a common resource among N players. It has, however, the drawback being a linear programming problem with 2^N-2 constraints. In this paper we show how, in the case of convex production games, generate constraints by solving small size linear programming problems, with both … Read more

Stability and Sensitivity Analysis for Optimal Control Problems with a First-order State Constraint having (nonessential) Touch Points

The paper deals with an optimal control problem with a scalar first-order state constraint and a scalar control. In presence of (nonessential) touch points, the arc structure of the trajectory is not stable. We show how to perform a sensitivity analysis that predicts which touch points will, under a small perturbation, become inactive, remain touch … Read more

Perturbation analysis of second order programming problems

We discuss first and second order optimality conditions for nonlinear second-order cone programming problems, and their relation with semidefinite programming problems. For doing this we extend in an abstract setting the notion of optimal partition. Then we state a characterization of strong regularity in terms of second order optimality conditions. Citation Research Report 5293 (August … Read more