Optimal Control of a Linear Distributed Parameter System via Shifted Legendre Polynomials

The optimal control problem of a linear distributed parameter system is studied via shifted Legendre polynomials (SLPs) in this paper. The partial differential equation, representing the linear distributed parameter system, is decomposed into an n - set of ordinary differential equations, the optimal control problem is transformed into a two-point boundary value problem, and the twopoint boundary value problem is reduced to an initial value problem by using SLPs. A recursive algorithm for evaluating optimal control input and output trajectory is developed. The proposed algorithm is computationally simple. An illustrative example is given to show the simplicity of the proposed approach.

Authors:

• Sanjeeb Kumar Kar

Keywords:

• Optimal control
• linear systems
• distributed parametersystems
• Legendre polynomials.

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