TY - JOUR ID - Idczak2014 LB - Idczak2014 AU - Idczak, Dariusz AU - Walczak, Stanislaw TI - Optimization of a fractional Mayer problem - existence of solutions, maximum principle, gradient methods ST - Optimization of a fractional Mayer problem - existence of solutions, maximum principle, gradient methods JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2014 VL - 34 IS - 4 SP - 763 EP - 775 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2014.34.4.763 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2014.34.4.763 AB - In the paper, we study a linear-quadratic optimal control problem of Mayer type given by a fractional control system. First, we prove a theorem on the existence of a solution to such a problem. Next, using the local implicit function theorem, we derive a formula for the gradient of a cost functional under constraints given by a control system and prove a maximum principle in the case of a control constraint set. The formula for the gradient is used to implement the gradient methods for the problem under consideration. KW - fractional Riemann-Liouville derivative KW - Mayer problem KW - existence of an optimal solution KW - maximum principle KW - gradient method SN - 1232-9274 ER -