Title : 
Optimal boundary obstacle of the string vibration
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Math. & Stat., Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS, Canada
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper we consider the problem of optimal control of a boundary obstacle problem of the 1D wave equation. We establish the existence and uniqueness of an optimal obstacle, give the characterization of the obstacle and obtain a Hamilton-Jacobi equation
         
        
            Keywords : 
Jacobian matrices; optimal control; vibration control; wave equations; 1D wave equation; Hamilton-Jacobi equation; optimal boundary obstacle; optimal control; string vibration; Control systems; Cost function; Mathematics; Optimal control; Partial differential equations; Statistics;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Control Applications, 2000. Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Anchorage, AK
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-6562-3
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CCA.2000.897595