IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol.52, No.5, 886-892, 2007
Continuous time linear quadratic regulator with control constraints via convex duality
A continuous time infinite horizon linear quadratic regulator with input constraints is studied. Optimality conditions, both in the open loop and feedback form, and continuity and differentiability properties of the optimal value function and of the optimal feedback are shown. Arguments rely on basic ideas of convex conjugacy, and in particular, use a dual optimal control problem.
Keywords:convex conjugacy;dual optimal control problem;input constraints;linear-quadratic regulator;nonlinear feedback