| Article ID: | iaor2000348 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 100 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 435 |
| End Page Number: | 439 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1999 |
| Journal: | Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications |
| Authors: | Craven B.D. |
A question of flow around an obstacle leads to an optimal control problem. If an optimum path exists, then it is calculable from the Pontryagin principle. The optimum is verified to have been reached, using a discretization of the problem.