Optimal control of constrained delay - differential inclusions with multivalued initial conditions

This paper studies a general optimal control problem for nonconvex delay-differential inclusions with endpoint constraints. In contrast to previous publications on this topic, we incorporate time-dependent set constraints on the initial interval, which are specific for systems with delays and provide an additional source for optimization. Our variational analysis is based on well-posed discrete approximations of constrained delay-differential inclusions by a family of time-delayed systems with discrete dynamics and perturbed constraints. Using convergence results for discrete approximations and advanced tools of nonsmooth variational analysis, we derive necessary optimality conditions for constrained delay-differential inclusions in both Euler-Lagrange and Hamiltonian forms involving nonconvex generalized differential constructions for nonsmooth functions, sets, and set-valued mappings.