Optimization, relaxation and Young measures

Pedregal, Pablo

doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-99-00774-0

Optimization, relaxation and Young measures

Author: Pablo Pedregal
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 36 (1999), 27-58
MSC (1991): Primary 49J15, 49J45, 73C50, 73K20, 73V25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-99-00774-0
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Abstract: We review the use of Young measures in analyzing relaxed and generalized formulations for typical problems of optimization including variational principles, optimal control problems, models in materials science, optimal design problems and nonlocal optimization problems.

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