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Optimal control of multiplicative control systems arising from cancer therapyThis study deals with ways of curtailing the rapid growth of cancer cell populations. The performance functional that measures the size of the population at the terminal time as well as the control effort is devised. With use of the discrete maximum principle, the Hamiltonian for this problem is determined and the condition for optimal solutions are developed. The optimal strategy is shown to be a bang-bang control. It is shown that the optimal control for this problem must be on the vertices of an N-dimensional cube contained in the N-dimensional Euclidean space. An algorithm for obtaining a local minimum of the performance function in an orderly fashion is developed. Application of the algorithm to the design of antitumor drug and X-irradiation schedule is discussed.
Document ID
19750054989
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Bahrami, K.
(California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena Calif., United States)
Kim, M.
(Cornell University Ithaca, N.Y., United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1975
Publication Information
Publication: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Volume: AC-20
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
75A39061
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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