• DocumentCode
    1061448
  • Title

    Solving optimal control problems with state constraints using nonlinear programming and simulation tools

  • Author

    Becerra, Victor M.

  • Author_Institution
    U.K. Dept. of Cybern., Univ. of Reading, UK
  • Volume
    47
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    377
  • Lastpage
    384
  • Abstract
    This paper illustrates how nonlinear programming and simulation tools, which are available in packages such as MATLAB and SIMULINK, can easily be used to solve optimal control problems with state- and/or input-dependent inequality constraints. The method presented is illustrated with a model of a single-link manipulator. The method is suitable to be taught to advanced undergraduate and Master´s level students in control engineering.
  • Keywords
    control engineering computing; control engineering education; nonlinear programming; optimal control; MATLAB; SIMULINK; control engineering; master level students; nonlinear programming; optimal control; simulation tools; single-link manipulator; state constraints; Constraint optimization; Control engineering; Cybernetics; Helium; MATLAB; Manipulator dynamics; Mathematical model; Optimal control; Packaging; Programming profession; Input constraints; nonlinear programming; optimal control; simulation; state constraints;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Education, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9359
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TE.2004.825925
  • Filename
    1323152