This is a book on optimal control problems (OCPs) for partial differential equations (PDEs) that evolved from a series of courses taught by the authors in the l

Optimal control theory is concerned with finding control functions that minimize cost functions for systems described by differential equations. The methods hav

Originally published in 2000, this is the first volume of a comprehensive two-volume treatment of quadratic optimal control theory for partial differential equa

This book highlights new developments in the wide and growing field of partial differential equations (PDE)-constrained optimization. Optimization problems wher

The text's broad coverage includes parabolic PDEs; hyperbolic PDEs of first and second order; fluid, thermal, and structural systems; delay systems; PDEs with t