Special Issue "Dynamics and Control Using Functional Interpolation"

A special issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390). This special issue belongs to the section "Functional Interpolation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2023 | Viewed by 1023

Special Issue Editors

Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3141 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-3141, USA
Interests: attitude and position determination systems; satellite constellations design; sensor data processing; algorithms and linear algebra
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1. Systems & Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
2. Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Interests: aerospace and mechanical engineering

Special Issue Information

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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Keywords

  • 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

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Theory of Functional Connections Extended to Fractional Operators
Mathematics 2023, 11(7), 1721; https://doi.org/10.3390/math11071721 - 04 Apr 2023
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The theory of functional connections, an analytical framework generalizing interpolation, was extended and applied in the context of fractional-order operators (integrals and derivatives). The extension was performed and presented for univariate functions, with the aim of determining the whole set of functions satisfying [...] Read more.
The theory of functional connections, an analytical framework generalizing interpolation, was extended and applied in the context of fractional-order operators (integrals and derivatives). The extension was performed and presented for univariate functions, with the aim of determining the whole set of functions satisfying some constraints expressed in terms of integrals and derivatives of non-integer order. The objective of these expressions was to solve fractional differential equations or other problems subject to fractional constraints. Although this work focused on the Riemann–Liouville definitions, the method is, however, more general, and it can be applied with different definitions of fractional operators just by changing the way they are computed. Three examples are provided showing, step by step, how to apply this extension for: (1) one constraint in terms of a fractional derivative, (2) three constraints (a function, a fractional derivative, and an integral), and (3) two constraints expressed in terms of linear combinations of fractional derivatives and integrals. Full article
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