Departmental Colloquium
Volker Mehrmann
Technische University in Berlin
Differential algebraic equations: analysis, algebra, geometry and numerical solution
Abstract: In the last 30 years, differential-algebraic equations (DAEs) have become one
of the standard modeling tools in many application areas, like
electronic circuit simulation, multibody dynamics, chemical
engineering, control theory, etc. The reason is that via DAEs the
dynamics of the system can be modeled componentwise and
different components can be linked via interfaces or constraints.
This advantage in modeling on the other hand puts much harder
requirements on the analysis and numerical methods. For these
reasons DAEs have been studied in detail in the last 40 years
with respect to their dynamical behavior, existence and uniqueness
of solutions, numerical methods and control.
Monday October 13, 2008 at 2:00 PM in SEO 636