International Conference on Variational Methods, Optimal Control, and Related Topics

该项目将支持来自美国的研究人员参加将于1998年3月25日至31日在以色列海法的以色列理工学院举行的变分方法、最优控制和相关主题国际会议。会议将集中在两个主要研究领域：(a)临界点理论（微分方程的应用）和(b)最优控制（存在，松弛，最优条件，最优轨迹结构和最优综合）。在这两个领域，最近在发展新的数学理论和在物理学、力学、工程学和经济学的大量应用方面都取得了很大进展。这次会议将汇集来自美国、以色列、一些欧洲研究中心和前苏联的研究人员。

9729837SussmannThis project will support the participation of researchers from the United States at the International Conference on Variational Methods, Optimal Control, and Related Topics to be held at the Technion in Haifa, Israel from March 25 - 31, 1998. The conference will focus on two main areas of research: (a) critical point theory (with applications to differential equations) and (b) optimal control (existence, relaxation, optimality conditions, structure of optimal trajectories and optimal synthesis). In both areas there has been much recent progress both in the development of new mathematical theories and in numerous applications to physics, mechanics, engineering, and economics. The conference will bring together researchers from the U.S., Israel, a number of European research centers, and the former Soviet Union.