Control and optimal design of distributed parameter systems. Papers based on proceedings of a 1992 workshop, held at IMA, Minneapolis, MN, USA (Q1891751)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Crosta, Giovanni}, A shape optimization problem in inverse acoustics, 1-23 [Zbl 0834.35139] \textit{Delfour, M. C.; Zolésio, J. P.}, On a variational equation for thin shells, 25-37 [Zbl 0824.73036] \textit{Delfour, Michel C.; Zolésio, Jean-Paul}, Oriented distance functions in shape analysis and optimization, 39-72 [Zbl 0822.49030] \textit{Fabre, Caroline; Puel, Jean-Pierre; Zuazua, Enrique}, On the density of the range of the semigroup for semilinear heat equations, 73-91 [Zbl 0822.35075] \textit{Fattorini, H. O.; Sritharan, S. S.}, Relaxation in semilinear infinite dimensional systems modelling fluid flow control problems, 93-111 [Zbl 0827.93033] \textit{Gutman, Semion; Klibanov, Michael}, Multidimensional inverse scattering problems in deterministic and random media, 113-151 [Zbl 0822.65119] \textit{Kormornik, Vilmos}, Decay estimates for the wave equation, 153-169 [Zbl 0821.35098] \textit{Lasiecka, Irena}, Asymptotic behavior and attractors for nonlinear von Kármán plate equations with boundary dissipation, 171-193 [Zbl 0822.35060] \textit{Russell, David L.; Zhang, Bing-Yu}, Stabilization of the Korteweg-de Vries equation on a periodic domain, 195-211 [Zbl 0826.35112] \textit{Santosa, Fadil; Vogelius, Michael}, A note concerning boundary effects and long time vibrations of layered media, 213-228 [Zbl 0824.73011] \textit{Schmidt, E. J. P. Georg}, On the linearised dynamics of linked mechanical structures, 229-246 [Zbl 0824.73034]