Teoria de controle ótimo com aplicações a sistemas biológicos

Abstract

This dissertation presents the steps for using the method of Dynamic Programming or Bellman Optimization Principle for optimal control applications. We investigate the notion of control-Lyapunov functions (CLF) and its relation to the stability of autonomous systems with control. A control-Lyapunov function must satisfy the Hamilton-Jacobi- Bellman equation (H-J-B). Using this fact, if a control-Lyapunov function is known, it is possible to determine the optimal feedback law, in other words, the control law which makes the system globally asymptotically controllable at an equilibrium state. As an application, we present a mathematical model suitable for an optimal control problem of certain biological systems. This dissertation also presents a brief historic about the development of the Control Theory in a way of illustrate the importance and the progress of the control techniques, specially where it can be applied, according to the diverse areas and different times that this techniques were discovered and used.