# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

April  2016, 12(2): 781-810. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2016.12.781

## VISUAL MISER: An efficient user-friendly visual program for solving optimal control problems

 1 School of Automation Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, No.2006, Xiyuan Ave, West Hi-Tech Zone, Chengdu, Sichuan, 611731, China 2 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U 1987, Perth, W.A. 6845 3 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987 Perth, Western Australia 6845 4 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845 5 School of Business, Central South University, South Lushan Road, Changsha, Hunan, China 6 Department of Mathematics, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia

Received  November 2014 Revised  April 2015 Published  June 2015

The FORTRAN MISER software package has been used with great success over the past two decades to solve many practically important real world optimal control problems. However, MISER is written in FORTRAN and hence not user-friendly, requiring FORTRAN programming knowledge. To facilitate the practical application of powerful optimal control theory and techniques, this paper describes a Visual version of the MISER software, called Visual MISER. Visual MISER provides an easy-to-use interface, while retaining the computational efficiency of the original FORTRAN MISER software. The basic concepts underlying the MISER software, which include the control parameterization technique, a time scaling transform, a constraint transcription technique, and the co-state approach for gradient calculation, are described in this paper. The software structure is explained and instructions for its use are given. Finally, an example is solved using the new Visual MISER software to demonstrate its applicability.
Citation: Feng Yang, Kok Lay Teo, Ryan Loxton, Volker Rehbock, Bin Li, Changjun Yu, Leslie Jennings. VISUAL MISER: An efficient user-friendly visual program for solving optimal control problems. Journal of Industrial & Management Optimization, 2016, 12 (2) : 781-810. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2016.12.781
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