OptimalControl.jl: a Julia package to model and solve optimal control problems with ODEs

Julia Submitted 15 April 2026 • Published 03 October 2026
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Jean-Baptiste Caillau (0000-0002-1719-2016), Olivier Cots (0000-0002-4703-4369), Joseph Gergaud (0009-0005-9825-8652), Pierre Martinon (0000-0003-0571-2376), Sophia Sed

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Caillau et al., (2026). OptimalControl.jl: a Julia package to model and solve optimal control problems with ODEs. Journal of Open Source Software, 11(126), 10630, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.10630

@article{Caillau2026, doi = {10.21105/joss.10630}, url = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.10630}, year = {2026}, publisher = {The Open Journal}, volume = {11}, number = {126}, pages = {10630}, author = {Caillau, Jean-Baptiste and Cots, Olivier and Gergaud, Joseph and Martinon, Pierre and Sed, Sophia}, title = {OptimalControl.jl: a Julia package to model and solve optimal control problems with ODEs}, journal = {Journal of Open Source Software} }
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