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Abstract of Thesis presented to COPPE/UFRJ as a partial fulfillment of the<br />

requirements for the degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc.)<br />

<strong>DE</strong>SIGN OF ALGORITHMS TO SOLVE OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS USING<br />

CONTROL LIAPUNOV FUNCTIONS<br />

Fernando Agustín Pazos<br />

September 2007<br />

Advisor: Amit Bhaya<br />

Department: Electrical Engineering<br />

Several problems of science and engineering can be formulated as optimization problems.<br />

When analytical solutions are not possible, numerical methods, or algorithms,<br />

are used to find the solution. Many algorithms can be interpreted as closed loop control<br />

systems. Control theory offers powerful tools for deduction and analysis of algorithms,<br />

either continuous or discrete ones, which make possible the derivation of new algorithms<br />

as well as a new perspective on existing ones.<br />

The contribution of this thesis consists of the derivation of algorithms as dynamical<br />

control systems to solve several optimization problems. This approach is based on<br />

control Liapunov functions and Liapunov optimizing control. The problems solved are<br />

zero finding for nonlinear vector functions, minimization of scalar functions, the general<br />

problem of convex optimization and variational inequalities.<br />

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