ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with computational methods for the solution of the problem of limiting isolation capabilities. Techniques based on the approximation of the continuous-time optimal control problem by a discrete-time problem are discussed. These techniques allow the complicated problem of optimal control to be reduced to a less complicated problem of constrained optimization in a finite-dimensional space (mathematical programming problem). Particular attention is given to the cases where the problem of limiting isolation capabilities can be reduced to a linear programming problem. For these cases, available optimization software is especially effective.
