A computational method based on Bézier control points is presented to solve optimal control problems governed by time varying linear dynamical systems subject to terminal state equality constraints and state inequality constraints. The method approximates each of the system state variables and each of the control variables by a Bézier curve of unknown control points.The new approximated problems converted to a quadratic programming problem which can be solved more easily than the original problem. Some examples are given to verify the efficiency and reliability of the proposed method.Mathematical subject classification: 49N10.

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The quadratic Riccati differential equations are a class of nonlinear differential equations of much importance, and play a significant role in many fields of applied science. This paper introduces an efficient method for solving the quadratic Riccati differential equation and the Riccati differential-difference equation. In this technique, the Bezier curves method is considered as an algorithm to find the approximate solution of the nonlinear Riccati equation. Some examples in different cases are given to demonstrate simplicity and efficiency of the proposed method.

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