Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Mathematics on “Dynamics and Control Using Functional Interpolation” invites both original and survey articles that bring together new mathematical tools and numerical methods for studying general problems on dynamics or optimal control (direct or indirect methods) based on functional interpolation. This issue is motivated by the recent profusion and success of functional interpolation in aerospace problems (e.g., relative navigation, landing, orbit propagation, homotopy continuation) and its extension to general problems in dynamics and control.

Some topics of interest include numerical stability, convergence and complexity analysis, approximation models, continuation methods, numerical linear algebra, differential and integrodifferential equations (ordinary, partial), optimization, and the use of analytical and/or machine learning approaches.

All submissions must include a discussion of theoretical guarantees or at least justifications for the methods. Articles that explicitly address specific needs of real problems and/or connections to equivalent critical problems are particularly encouraged.

Prof. Dr. Daniele Mortari
Prof. Dr. Roberto Furfaro
Guest Editors

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• numerical stability
• convergence and complexity analysis approximation models
• continuation methods
• numerical linear algebra
• differential and integrodifferential equations (ordinary, partial)
• optimization, and the use of analytical and/or machine-learning approaches