Control and Estimation of Distributed Parameter Systems

Approximation results for parameter estimation in nonlinear elastomers.- Preconditioners for Karush-Kuhn-Tucker matrices arising in the optimal control of distributed systems.- Augmented Lagrangian algorithms for state constrained optimal control problems.- A priori estimates for the approximation of a parabolic boundary control problem.- On the wellposedness of the Chaboche model.- On the behaviour of the value function of a Mayer optimal control problem along optimal trajectories.- Optimal control problem governed by semilinear elliptic equations with integral control constraints and pointwise state constraints.- Designing for optimal energy absorption II, The damped wave equation.- On the approximate controllability for higher order parabolic nonlinear equations of Cahn-Hilliard type.- Control problems for parabolic equations with state constraints and unbounded control sets.- Remarks on the controllability of some stochastic partial differential equations.- A reduced basis method for control problems governed by PDEs.- Proximal penalty method for ill-posed parabolic optimal control problems.- On the control of coupled linear systems.- On dynamic domain decomposition of controlled networks of elastic strings and joint-masses.- On a weakly damped system arising in the control of noise.- Dirichlet boundary control of parabolic systems with pointwise state constraints.- Second order optimality conditions and stability estimates for the identification of nonlinear heat transfer laws.- LQR control of shell vibrations via piezoceramic actuators.- The algebraic Riccati equation in discrete and continuous time.- The wave equation with Neuman controls: On Lions's F-space.- On the pointwise stabilization of a string M.Tucsnak.- Exact controllability of the generalized Boussinesq Equation.

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