Amel’kin, S. A.; Martinás, K.; Tsirlin, A. M. Optimal control for irreversible processes in thermodynamics and microeconomics. (English. Russian original) Zbl 1073.49030 Autom. Remote Control 63, No. 4, 519-539 (2002); translation from Avtom. Telemekh. 2002, No. 4, 3-25 (2002). Summary: Publications on optimal control of irreversible thermodynamic processes are reviewed. Analogies between irreversible processes in thermodynamics and microeconomics are stated. Cited in 6 Documents MSC: 49N90 Applications of optimal control and differential games 91B02 Fundamental topics (basic mathematics, methodology; applicable to economics in general) 90C30 Nonlinear programming 80M50 Optimization problems in thermodynamics and heat transfer Keywords:optimal control; irreversible processes; thermodynamics; microeconomics; survey article; Novikov problem; profit maximization PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{S. A. Amel'kin} et al., Autom. Remote Control 63, No. 4, 519--539 (2002; Zbl 1073.49030); translation from Avtom. Telemekh. 2002, No. 4, 3--25 (2002) Full Text: DOI