herve@cvl.umd.edu (Jean-Yves Herve') (02/10/90)
Well, the title says it all. I am looking for references on Singular Optimal Control. The only book I have found so far is "Singular Optimal Control Problems" by D.J. Bell and D.H. Jacobson (1975). The book is good, but doesn't show (m)any practical examples and the chapter on numerical methods is rather elliptic. So references to just about any paper (post 1975) on this subject would be most welcome. Actually, the ideal paper would be one mixing Singular and Stochastic control (+ inequality constraints on the state variables but here I'm dreaming) with a nice application. Any pointer/idea/sugestion ? While I am speaking of control, has anybody read Alain Bensoussan's "Perturbation Methods in Optimal Control" (Wiley 1988)? The book has been on my desk for sometime now, and I cannot manage to go through it. I read the review it was given in Siam Review, and the author was praised for his "customary clarity" (or something of the like). Maybe it is the presentation that turns me off (I mean, I have seen russian books better edited!) or maybe it is the fact that the author seems to switch quite inconsistantly from mathematical pickyness to fast overview mode. Opinion on the book anybody? Should I try to be courageous and finish it? Thanks in advance ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jean-Yves Herve' Computer Vision Laboratory herve@cvl.umd.edu Center for Automation Research University of Maryland -------------------------------------------------------------------