README (dt-qp-project)

This project solves linear-quadratic dynamic optimization (LQDO) problems using direct transcription (DT) and quadratic programming (QP)

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Install

• Download the DT QP Project
• Run INSTALL_DTQP.m to automatically add the project files to your MATLAB path, download the required files, and open an example

INSTALL_DTQP

• See DTQP_template.m for some examples illustrating how to implement different linear-quadratic dynamic optimization (LQDO) problem elements using the structure-based syntax of the DT QP Project

help DTQP_template

• See BrysonHo166.m for an example with problem setup and options

open BrysonHo166

Citation

Please cite the following two items if you use the DT QP Project:

• DR Herber. Advances in Combined Architecture, Plant, and Control Design. PhD Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA, Dec. 2017. [bibtex] [pdf]
  • Discusses the theory behind this project and contains a number of examples comparing the different methods.
• DR Herber, YH Lee, JT Allison. DT QP Project, GitHub. url: https://github.com/danielrherber/dt-qp-project

External Includes

See INSTALL_DTQP.m for more information.

• MATLAB File Exchange Submission IDs (8773, 23629, 31272, 40397, 47023)
• http://www1.spms.ntu.edu.sg/~lilian/bookcodes/legen/lepoly.m
• http://www1.spms.ntu.edu.sg/~lilian/bookcodes/legen/legslbdiff.m

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General Information

Contributors

• Daniel R. Herber (primary)
• Yong Hoon Lee
• James T. Allison
• Athul K. Sundarrajan

Project Links

• https://github.com/danielrherber/dt-qp-project
• https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/65434