Convergence of an upwind finite-difference scheme for Hamilton-Jacobi-bellman equation in optimal control

Bing Sun*, Bao Zhu Guo

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Abstract

This technical note considers convergence of an upwind finite-difference numerical scheme for the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation arising in optimal control. This effective scheme has been well-adapted and successfully applied to many examples. Nevertheless, its convergence has remained open until now. In this note, we show that the solution from this finite-difference scheme converges to the value function of the associated optimal control problem.

Original languageEnglish
Article number7047786
Pages (from-to)3012-3017
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Volume60
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2015

Keywords

  • Convergence
  • Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation
  • finite-difference
  • numerical approximation
  • optimal control

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