Nonconvex Optimal Control and Variational Problems

• ​Preface.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Well-posedness of Optimal Control Problems.- 3. Well-posedness and Porosity.- 4. Well-posedness of Nonconvex Variational Problems.- 5. Gerenic Well-posedness result.- 6. Nonoccurrence of the Lavrentiev Phenomenon for Variational Problems.- 7. Nonoccurrence of the Lavrentiev Phenomenon in Optimal Control.- 8. Generic Nonoccurrence of the Lavrentiev phenomenon.- 9. Infinite Dimensional Linear Control Problems.- 10. Uniform Boundedness of Approximate Solutions of Variational Problems.- 11. The Turnpike Property for Approximate Solutions.- 12. A Turnpike Result For Optimal Control Systems.​- References.- Index.

From the reviews: "This monograph gives a well presented treatment of nonconvex optimal control and variational problems. It is a valuable addition to the control theory literature." (Jafar Zafarani, zbMATH, Vol. 1270, 2013)