AN ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING A CONTROL PROBLEM FOR A DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION WITH A PARAMETER

Abstract

On a finite interval, a control problem for a linear ordinary differential equations with a parameter is considered. By partitioning the interval and introducing additional parameters, considered problem is reduced to the equivalent multipoint boundary value problem with parameters. To find the parameters introduced, the continuity conditions of the solution at the interior points of partition and boundary condition are used. For the fixed values of the parameters, the Cauchy problems for ordinary differential equations are solved. By substituting the Cauchy problem’s solutions into the boundary condition and the continuity conditions of the solution, a system of linear algebraic equations with respect to parameters is constructed. The solvability of this system ensures the existence of a solution to the original control problem. The system of linear algebraic equations is composed by the solutions of the matrix and vector Cauchy problems for ordinary differential equations on the subintervals. A numerical method for solving the origin control problem is offered based on the Runge-Kutta method of the 4-th order for solving the Cauchy problem for ordinary differential equations. Key words: boundary value problem with parameter, differential equation, solvability, algorithm.