This volume comprises the Proceedings of the IFIP 7/2 Conference on Control Problems for Systems Described by Partial Differential Equations and Applications held at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida in February 1987. The papers presented in this volume encompass several main directions of current research in the area including optimal control for variational inequalities, free boundary value problems, shape optimization, pareto-control, stabilization and controllability of hyperbolic equations, control problems for large space flexible structures, identification and estimation...

This book discusses inverse problems that arise in the estimation and control of distributed parameter systems in the face of uncertainty, as well as applications of these techniques to mathematical modelling for problems of applied system analysis (eg environmental issues, technological issues, technological processes, biomethematical models, mathematical economy and other fields). The main topics of the research papers which comprise this book are: estimation of the state and of the parameters for distributed parameter systems, control problems with state constraints, exponential...

Interest in the area of control of systems defined by partial differential Equations has increased strongly in recent years. A major reason has been the requirement of these systems for sensible continuum mechanical modelling and optimization or control techniques which account for typical physical phenomena. Particular examples of problems on which substantial progress has been made are the control and stabilization of mechatronic structures, the control of growth of thin films and crystals, the control of Laser and semi-conductor devices, and shape optimization problems for turbomachine...