A numerical technique for solving multi-dimensional fractional optimal control problems using fractional wavelet method

Abstract: This paper presents an efficient numerical method for solving fractional optimal control problems using an operational matrix for a fractional wavelet. Using well-known formulae such as Caputo and Riemann-Liouville operators to determine fractional derivatives and integral fractional wavelets, operational matrices were devised and utilised to solve fractional optimal control problems. The proposed method reduced the fractional optimal control problems into a system of algebraic equations. To validate the effectiveness of the presented numerical approach, some illustrative problems were solved using fractional Taylor and Taylor wavelets, and the approximate cost function value derived by approximating state and control functions was compared. In addition, convergence rate and error bound of the proposed method have been derived.