Application of cubic B-splines to boundary value and optimal control problems

In this thesis, a one-dimensional second order differential two-point boundary value problem will be approximated by a variational method using cubic B-splines. This method will then be extended to solving N-dimensional two-point boundary value problems. In the final part of the thesis, certain control problems will be converted into boundary value problems, which in turn, will be approximated by the previous variational method which uses cubic B-splines.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Mathematics

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Year

1998

Author dc:creator

• Skidmore, Deborah Ann

Contributors dc:contributor

• Rohan Dalpatadu

Statement dc:rights

• IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Identifier

https://oasis.library.unlv.edu/rtds/854

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-1853