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Abstract
The cell-mapping method previously used to study the global behaviour of strongly non-linear systems is extended to optimal control problems. Approximate optimal control results are extracted from the family of controlled mappings by a systematic search. Provisions are made to account for rigid barriers to flow in the continuum state space. A method of implementation is also proposed, which involves linear interpolation of the discrete optimal controls.