On the numerical approximation of some inverse problems governed by nonlinear delay differential equation

Abstract

The paper deals with the approximate solving of an inverse problem for the nonlinear delay differential equation, which consists of finding the initial moment and delay parameter based on some observed data. The inverse problem is considered as a nonlinear optimal control problem for which the necessary conditions of optimality are formulated and proved. The obtained optimal control problem is solved by a method based on an improved parallel evolutionary algorithm. The efficiency of the proposed approach is demonstrated through various numerical experiments.