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Free boundary problems in optimal control

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Bather, J.A. (1977). Free boundary problems in optimal control. In: Bensoussan, A., Lions, J.L. (eds) New Trends in Systems Analysis. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0041130

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