%0 Journal Article %T Solution of a simplified advertising model using optimal control techniques %A Ekaterina Tuchnolobova %A O Vasilieva %A Viktor Terletskii %J - %D 2011 %X In this article we present a simplification of the distributed model of advertising by formulating it as a family of optimal control problems with concentrated parameters. We consider two simplified models: linear and non-linear. Linear model is solved analytically using the maximum principle. To solve non-linear model, we construct a numerical algorithm based on two nonconventional increment formulae for the objective functional %K advertising model %K optimal control %K concentrated parameters %K Pontryagin maximum principle. %U http://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/ingciencia/article/view/406