| Article ID: | iaor2014123 |
| Volume: | 74 |
| Issue: | 12 |
| Start Page Number: | 1969 |
| End Page Number: | 2006 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2013 |
| Journal: | Automation and Remote Control |
| Authors: | Miller B, Rubinovich E |
| Keywords: | optimization |
Consideration was given to the problems of variational calculus and optimal control admitting impulsive controls and, correspondingly, discontinuous solutions. The evolution of the notion of singular space‐time transformation beginning from the problem of classical variational calculus and ending with the problems of optimal control at the phase of impact was shown.