Offers a view of research in control and estimation of partial differential equations. This work addresses topics including: control and stability of hyperbolic systems related to elasticity, linear and nonlinear; control and identification of nonlinear parabolic systems; and, exact and approximate controllability and observability.

Consisting of 16 refereed original contributions, this volume presents a diversified collection of recent results in control of distributed parameter systems. Topics addressed include - optimal control in fluid mechanics - numerical methods for optimal control of partial differential equations - modeling and control of shells - level set methods - mesh adaptation for parameter estimation problems - shape optimization Advanced graduate students and researchers will find the book an excellent guide to the forefront of control and estimation of distributed parameter systems.

Proceedings of the Conference on Control Theory for Distributed Parameter Systems, Held at the Chorherrenstift Vorau, Styria, July 11-17, 1982

Consisting of 23 refereed contributions, this volume offers a broad and diverse view of current research in control and estimation of partial differential equations. Topics addressed include, but are not limited to - control and stability of hyperbolic systems related to elasticity, linear and nonlinear; - control and identification of nonlinear parabolic systems; - exact and approximate controllability, and observability; - Pontryagin's maximum principle and dynamic programming in PDE; and - numerics pertinent to optimal and suboptimal control problems. This volume is primarily geared toward...