A numerical scheme for two-dimensional optimal control problems with memory effect

A new formulation for multi-dimensional fractional optimal control problems is presented in this article. The fractional derivatives which are coming from the formulation of the problem are defined in the Riemann-Liouville sense. Some terminal conditions are imposed on the state and control variables whose dimensions need not be the same. A numerical scheme is described by using the Grunwald-Letnikov definition to approximate the Riemann-Liouville Fractional Derivatives. The set of fractional differential equations, which are obtained after the discretization of the time domain, are solved within the Grunwald-Letnikov approximation to obtain the state and the control variable numerically. A two-dimensional fractional optimal control problem is studied as an example to demonstrate the performance of the scheme. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.