Optimal control problems for underactuated mechanical systems can be seen as a higher-order variational problem subject to higher-order constraints (that is, when the Lagrangian function and the constraints depend on higher-order derivatives such as the acceleration, jerk or jounces). In this paper we discuss the variational formalism for the class of underactuated mechanical control systems wh...

a numerical method for solving variational problems is presented in this paper. the method is based upon hybrid of hartley functions approximations. the properties of hybrid functions which are the combinations of block-pulse functions and hartley functions are first presented. the operational matrix of integration is then utilized to reduce the variational problems to the solution of algebraic...

This paper primarily concerns the study of general classes of constrained multiobjective optimization problems (including those described via set-valued and vector-valued cost mappings) from the viewpoint of modern variational analysis and generalized differentiation. To proceed, we first establish two variational principles for set-valued mappings, which—being certainly of independent interest...

this paper presents an efficient modification of the variational iteration method for solvingboundary value problems using the chebyshev polynomials. the proposed method can be applied to linearand nonlinear models. the scheme is tested for some examples and the obtained results demonstrate thereliability and efficiency of the proposed method.

we establish a relationship between general constrained pseudoconvex optimization problems and globally projected dynamical systems. a corresponding novel neural network model, which is globally convergent and stable in the sense of lyapunov, is proposed. both theoretical and numerical approaches are considered. numerical simulations for three constrained nonlinear optimization problems are giv...

we introduce variational inequality problems on hilbert $c^*$-modules and we prove several existence results for variational inequalities defined on closed convex sets. then relation between variational inequalities, $c^*$-valued metric projection and fixed point theory  on  hilbert $c^*$-modules is studied.