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Viability Theory

New Directions

  • New groundbreaking results in viability theory
  • Interdisciplinary research and applications to biology, cognitive sciences, economics, finance, environmental sciences, control theory, and robotics
  • Initiation to the main concepts and illustration by numerical examples from various fields
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Overview and Organization

    • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Patrick Saint-Pierre
    Pages 1-40
  3. Viability Kernels and Examples

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
    2. Viability and Capturability

      • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Patrick Saint-Pierre
      Pages 43-104
    3. Viability Problems in Robotics

      • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Patrick Saint-Pierre
      Pages 105-124
    4. Viability and Dynamic Intertemporal Optimality

      • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Patrick Saint-Pierre
      Pages 125-177
    5. Avoiding Skylla and Charybdis

      • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Patrick Saint-Pierre
      Pages 179-197
    6. Inertia Functions, Viability Oscillators and Hysteresis

      • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Patrick Saint-Pierre
      Pages 199-245
    7. Management of Renewable Resources

      • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Patrick Saint-Pierre
      Pages 247-270
  4. Mathematical Properties of Viability Kernels

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 271-271
    2. Connection Basins

      • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Patrick Saint-Pierre
      Pages 273-318
    3. Local and Asymptotic Properties of Equilibria

      • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Patrick Saint-Pierre
      Pages 319-373
    4. Viability and Capturability Properties of Evolutionary Systems

      • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Patrick Saint-Pierre
      Pages 375-435
    5. Regulation of Control Systems

      • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Patrick Saint-Pierre
      Pages 437-484
    6. Restoring Viability

      • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Patrick Saint-Pierre
      Pages 485-520
  5. First-Order Partial Differential Equations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 521-521
    2. Viability Solutions to Hamilton–Jacobi Equations

      • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Patrick Saint-Pierre
      Pages 523-561
    3. Regulation of Traffic

      • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Patrick Saint-Pierre
      Pages 563-602
    4. Illustrations in Finance and Economics

      • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Patrick Saint-Pierre
      Pages 603-630
    5. Viability Solutions to Conservation Laws

      • Jean-Pierre Aubin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Patrick Saint-Pierre
      Pages 631-680

About this book

Viability theory designs and develops mathematical and algorithmic methods for investigating the adaptation to viability constraints of evolutions governed by complex systems under uncertainty that are found in many domains involving living beings, from biological evolution to economics, from environmental sciences to financial markets, from control theory and robotics to cognitive sciences. It involves interdisciplinary investigations spanning fields that have traditionally developed in isolation. The purpose of this book is to present an initiation to applications of viability theory, explaining and motivating the main concepts and  illustrating them with numerous numerical examples taken from various fields.

Reviews

From the reviews of the second edition:

“This comprehensive book of more than 800 pages has many purposes. … who want to learn the theory and may be interested in its research potential will also be quite happy with the book. … authors have made their book very lively by providing quotations and pictures of famous scientists and writers … . great reference for many types of readers: mathematicians, application-oriented users, and even science historians interested in the evolution of science and its cultural aspects. It will certainly motivate young scientists … .” (Alain Bensoussan, Mathematical Reviews, January, 2011)

“This is the second edition of the well-known monograph. It is devoted to the viability theory and algorithmic methods for investigation of the adaptation of complex systems with uncertainties. Such systems can be found in biology, economics, environmental sciences, final markets, control theory, robotics etc. … The monograph contains many unpublished results and is addressed to graduate students and scientists.” (Tadeusz Kaczorek, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1238, 2012)

Authors and Affiliations

  • VIMADES, Paris, France

    Jean-Pierre Aubin

  • Electrical Engineering and, Computer Sciences, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

    Alexandre M. Bayen

  • , LEDA-SDFi, Université Paris Dauphine, Clamart, France

    Patrick Saint-Pierre

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eBook USD 229.00
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Softcover Book USD 299.99
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