Optimization Techniques : Proceedings of the 8th IFIP Conference on Optimization Techniques, Würzburg, September 5 - 9, 1977. Lecture notes in control and information sciences ; Vol. 6 : Ser. IFIP TC 7,

Stochastic optimization: Time-continuous data models.- Conjugate direction methods in optimization.- Remarks on the relationships between free surfaces and optimal control of distributed systems.- Some mathematical models in immunology.- On some self-immunization mechanisms of applied mathematics: The case of Catastrophe Theory.- World models.- World modeling.- Limitations of world models.- The use of nonlinear programming in a direct/indirect method for optimal control problems.- Approximation of functional-differential equations by ordinary differential equations and hereditary control problems.- An algorithm to obtain the maximum solution of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation.- Time optimal control of state constrained linear discrete systems.- A robust adaptive procedure for solving a non Gaussian identification problem.- Optimization and uncertainty.- The separation principle for the control of linear stochastic systems with arbitrary information structure.- A decomposition scheme for the Hamilton-Jacobi equation.- Calculation of optimal measurement policies for feedback control of linear stochastic systems.- On the optimal search for a moving target in discrete space.- Optimal maintenance and inspection : An impulsive control approach.- Application of open loop control to the determination of optimal temperature profile in the chemical reactor.- Output regulation in partially observable linear disturbed systems.- Reaction of continuous dynamic systems with complex form under time-space random fields.- On the characterization and the computation of the characteristic function of a game without side payments.- Evasion in the plane.- A differential game approach to collision avoidance of ships.- A method for computing nash equilibria for non-zero-sum differential games.- Numerical approximation and identification in a 1-D parabolic degenerated non-linear diffusion and transport equation.- Optimization of the design of an in-flight refueling system.- The FE (Finite Element) & LP (Linear Programming) method and the related methods for optimization of partial differential equation systems.- A generalization of the duality in optimal control and some numerical conclusions.- On optimal damping of one-dimensional vibrating systems.- Stability and stabilizability of linear control systems on Hilbert space via operator dilation theory.- On discrete-time Ritz-Galerkin approximation of control constrained optimal control problems for parabolic equations.- Optimal design and eigenvalue problems.- Optimal control of a parabolic boundary value problem.- A variational inequality associated with a Stefan problem simulation and control.- Numerical methods for a generalized optimal control problem.- A cosine operator approach to modelling boundary input hyperbolic systems.- The linearization of the quadratic resistance term in the equations of motion for a pure harmonic tide in a canal and the identification of the Chézy parameter C.- Stochastic simulation of space-time dependent predator-prey models.- Optimal derivation of antibody distribution in the immune response from noisy data.- Compartmental control model of the immune process.- The IgM-IgG switch looked at from a control theoretic viewpoint.- Two-level optimization techniques in electric power systems.- Multiobjective programming and siting of industrial plants.- Economic operation of electric power system under environmental impacts.- An optimum operation of pump and reservoir in water supply system.- Optimal expansion of generating capacity in national electric power energy system.- Pipelinenetwork optimization-an application to slurry pipelines.- Linear fitting of non-linear functions in optimization. A case study: Air pollution problems.