Optimal control subject

Of all the above parameters, system voltage is already predefined and considering that it cannot be changed, the only parameters that can be altered to optimize P are Z and B. Both parameters can be altered to any desired limit with the application of reactive power controls, subject to... 

Geometrical tools prove useful in addressing various problems of finite-time thermodynamics and optimal control theory. These methods also have potential applicability to thermodynamic-type applications in subjects ranging from the chemical, biological, and materials sciences to information theory. Efficient vector-algebraic tools allow such applications to be extended to systems of virtually unlimited complexity, beyond realistic reach of classical methods. 

Wilson and co-workers have also considered optimal control of molecular dynamics in the strong-field regime using the density matrix representation of the state of the system [32]. This formulation is also substantially the same as that of Kosloff et al. [6] and that of Pierce et al. [8, 9]. Kim and Girardeau [33] have treated the optimization of the target functional, subject to the constraint specified by (4.8), using the Balian-Veneroni [34] variational method. The overall structure of the formal results is similar to that we have already described. 

We consider, first, whether it is in principle possible to control the quantum dynamics of a many-body system. The goal of such a study is the establishment of an existence theorem, for which purpose it is necessary to distinguish between complete controllability and optimal control of a system. A system is completely controllable if an arbitrary initial state can be transformed, without loss to other states, into an arbitrary final state at some time T. A system is strongly completely controllable if an arbitrary initial state can be transformed, without loss to other states, into an arbitrary final state at a specified time T. Optimal control theory designs a field, subject to specified constraints, that guides the evolution of an initial state of the system to be as close as possible to the desired final state at time T. 

All of the analyses described above are used in a predictive mode. That is, given the molecular Hamiltonian, the sources of the external fields, the constraints, and the disturbances, the focus has been on designing an optimal control field for a particular quantum dynamical transformation. Given the imperfections in our knowledge and the unavoidable external disturbances, it is desirable to devise a control scheme that has feedback that can be used to correct the evolution of the system in real time. A schematic outline of the feedback scheme starts with a proposed control field, applies that field to the molecular system that is to be controlled, measures the success of the application, and then uses the difference between the achieved and desired final state to design a change that improves the control field. Two issues must be addressed. First, does a feedback mechanism of the type suggested exist Second, which features of the overall control process are most efficiently subject to feedback control ... 

The optimal control of a process can be defined as a control sequence in time, which when applied to the process over a specified control interval, will cause it to operate in some optimal manner. The criterion for optimality is defined in terms of an objective function and constraints and the process is characterised by a dynamic model. The optimality criterion in batch distillation may have a number of forms, maximising a profit function, maximising the amount of product, minimising the batch time, etc. subject to any constraints on the system. The most common constraints in batch distillation are on the amount and on the purity of the product at the end of the process or at some intermediate point in time. The most common control variable of the process is the reflux ratio for a conventional column and reboil ratio for an inverted column and both for an MVC column. 

The optimal control problem is to choose an admissible set of controls u(t), and final time, tF, to minimize the objective function, /, subject to the bounds on the controls and constraints. 

Optimal Control. Optimal control is extension of the principles of parameter optimization to dynamic systems. In this case one wishes to optimize a scalar objective function, which may be a definite integral of some function of the state and control variables, subject to a constraint, namely a dynamic equation, such as Equation (1). The solution to this problem requires the use of time-varying Lagrange multipliers for a general objective function and state equation, an analytical solution is rarely forthcoming. However, a specific case of the optimal control problem does lend itself to analytical solution, namely a state equation described by Equation (1) and a quadratic objective function given by... 

Their approach, which founded the fundamentals of pump-dump control and of optimal control, is the subject of Chapter 4. 

For example, optimizing control moves for disturbance rejection in a blending system subject to step disturbances of variable magnitude would give perfect disturbance rejection for a maxmin/perfect-knowledge formulation and a poor... 

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The terms Pmax and Pmax denote the limiting capacities of the inspiratory muscles, and n is an efficiency index. The optimal Pmus(t) output is found by minimization of / subjects to the constraints set by the chemical and mechanical plants. Equation 11.1 and Equation 11.9. Because Pmusif) is generally a continuous time function with sharp phase transitions, this amounts to solving a difficult dynamic nonlinear optimal control problem with piecewise smooth trajectories. An alternative approach adopted by Poon and coworkers [1992] is to model Pmus t) as a biphasic function... 

An optimal controlis a function that optimizes the performance of a system changing with time, space, or any other independent variable. That function is a relation between a selected system input or property and an independent variable. The appellation control signifies the use of a function to control the state of the system and obtain some desired performance. As a subject, optimal control is the embodiment of principles that characterize optimal controls, and help determine them in what we call optimal control problems. 

It is easy to perceive from the above example that optimal control involves optimization of an objective functional subject to the equations of change in a system and additional constraints, if any. Because of this fact, optimal control is also known as dynamic or trajectory optimization. 

The optimal control problem is to find the control function P z) that minimizes y at the reactor end z = L subject to Equation (1.11). The minimum y is the objective functional given by... 

Subject to the satisfaction of Equations (1.13)-(1.15), the optimal control problem is to And the control function T t) that brings in time the final unsteady state fluid temperature closest to the steady state wall temperature. Hence it is desired to minimize the objective functional... 

In most optimal control problems, it is not possible to obtain optimal control laws, i. e., optimal controls as explicit functions of system state. Note that system state is the set of system properties such as temperature, pressure, and concentration. They are subject to change with independent variables like time and space. In the absence of an optimal control law, the optimal control needs to be determined all over again if the initial system state changes. 

The controls that are not given by optimal control laws are often called open-loop controls. They simply are functions of independent variables and specific to the initial system state. The application of open-loop controls is termed open loop control, which is the subject matter of this book. 

In Section 3.2.1 (p. 59), we had asserted the Lagrange Multiplier Rule that the optimum of the augmented J is equivalent to the constrained optimum of I. This rule is based on the Lagrange Multiplier Theorem, which provides the necessary conditions for the constrained optimum. We will first prove this theorem and then apply it to optimal control problems subject to different types of constraints. 

The above result can be readily generalized for the optimal control problem in which J is dependent on vectors y and u of state and control functions and is subject to m constraints, Ki = ki, i = 1,2,..., m. In this case, the Lagrange multipliers are given by... 

The solution of an optimal control problem requires the satisfaction of differential equations subject to initial as well as final conditions. Except when the equations are linear and the objective functional is simple enough, an analytical solution is impossible. This is the reality of most of the problems for which optimal controls can only be determined using numerical methods. 

Optimal Periodic Control subject to the following constraints ... 

Let u be the optimal control under steady state with the corresponding state y, and multipliers A, p, and i> all of which are time invariant. According to the John Multiplier Theorem (Section 4.5.1, p. 113), the necessary conditions for the minimum of I subject to the equality and inequality constraints are as follows ... 

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