OPTIMIZATION SEMINAR

Tuesday, May 22, 3:48-5:00pm

Padelford C-401


Periodic Optimization suffices for infinite horizon planar optimal control

Ido Bright, Applied Math

We start by presenting a new result on the average velocity of long Jordan curves in plane, which is then applied to establish a Poincare-Bendixson type result for infinite horizon planar systems, where the criteria for optimization is the averaged cost. The latter result is then applied to the convex set of empirical measures of a control system. This is joint work with Prof. Zvi Artstein.


Mathematics Department University of Washington