The West Asia mathematical Schools (WAMS) organized the event “Optimization with Industrial Applications” from the 19. December until the 29. December 2018 in Erbil, Iraq. Optimal control is concerned with control laws which maximize a specified measure of adynamical system's performance. The course was a rigorous introduction to the classical theory of optimal control. The topics covered in this course included: optimization, the calculus of variations, Pontryagin's principle, dynamic programming, linear quadratic optimal control, delay differential equation and shape optimization. The school was inaugurated by a short opening session in which the University of Salaheddin was represented by Professor Herish, Dean of the College of Science. The session was followed by a conference of professor Nachaoui introducing many examples of industrial applications of optimal control and optimization. This motivated the introduction of various analysis tools for the study of these problems. The school's science program consisted of several one-and-a-half-hour sessions and several two hour practical sessions. Half-hour slots were also scheduled to allow participants who wished to present their work. Two talks were presented.

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