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In this paper, we establish a weight identity for stochastic beam equation by means of the multiplier method. Based on this identity, we first establish the global Carleman estimate for the special system with zero initial value and end…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-01-08 Maoding Zhen

In this Note, we review the main existing results, methods, and some key open problems on the controllability of nonlinear hyperbolic and parabolic equations. Especially, we describe our recent universal approach to solve the local…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-04-17 Xu Zhang

This article investigates the exact controllability of three-dimensional stochastic Maxwell equations, a coupled system comprising two stochastic partial differential equations. The research establishes the observability inequality for the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Liying Sun , Xiaohan Wang , Yongyi Yu

A fundamental concept in control theory is that of controllability, where any system state can be reached through an appropriate choice of control inputs. Indeed, a large body of classical and modern approaches are designed for controllable…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-13 Yonathan Efroni , Sham Kakade , Akshay Krishnamurthy , Cyril Zhang

The main objective of this article is to develop a matrix pencil approach for the study of the controllability and reachability of a class of linear singular discrete time systems. The description equation of a practical system may be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-06-06 Charalambos P. Kontzalis , Grigoris Kalogeropoulos

This paper addresses questions regarding controllability for `generic parameter' dynamical systems, i.e. the question whether a dynamical system is `structurally controllable'. Unlike conventional methods that deal with structural…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-06-29 Madhu N. Belur , Sivaramakrishnan Sivasubramanian

In this paper, we study several theoretical and numerical questions concerning the null controllability problems for linear parabolic equations and systems for several dimensions. The control is distributed and acts on a small subset of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-22 Enrique Fernandez-Cara , Roberto Morales , Diego A. Souza

The article provides a modest survey of the absolute theory of general systems of (partial) differential equations. The equations are relieved of all additional structures and subject to quite arbitrary change of the variables. An abstract…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2015-04-02 Veronika Chrastinova , Vaclav Tryhuk

In this paper, we present a null controllability result for a class of stochastic semi-discrete parabolic equations. For this purpose, an observability estimate is established for backward stochastic semi-discrete parabolic equations, with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-21 Qingmei Zhao

A dual control problem is presented for the optimal stochastic control of a system governed by partial differential equations. Relationships between the optimal values of the original and the dual problems are investigated and two duality…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-05-03 Shinji Tanimoto

A widely used stochastic plate equation is the classical plate equation perturbed by a term of It\^o's integral. However, it is known that this equation is not exactly controllable even if the controls are effective everywhere in both the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-01 Qi Lü , Yu Wang

In this Note, we present a Calder\'on-type uniqueness theorem on the Cauchy problem of stochastic partial differential equations. To this aim, we introduce the concept of stochastic pseudo-differential operators, and establish their…

Probability · Mathematics 2010-11-30 Xu Liu , Xu Zhang

This paper is concerned with the existence of optimal controls for backward stochastic partial differential equations with random coefficients, in which the control systems are represented in an abstract evolution form, i.e. backward…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-12-07 Qingxin Meng , Yang Shen , Peng Shi

This is a brief introduction to control theory in finite-dimensional spaces. The material is partly based on my lectures for the Master 1 program in Math\'ematiques et applications at Sorbonne University, delivered over the past few years.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-24 Hoai-Minh Nguyen

We develop a linear systems theory that coincides with the existing theories for continuous and discrete dynamical systems, but that also extends to linear systems defined on nonuniform time domains. The approach here is based on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-03-03 John M. Davis , Ian A. Gravagne , Billy J. Jackson , Robert J. Marks

A joint characterisation of the observability and controllability of a particular kind of discrete system has been developed. The key idea of the procedure can be reduced to a correct choice of the sampling sequence. This freedom, owing to…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2010-06-23 Amparo Fúster-Sabater , J. M. Guillén

We discuss the stochastic interpretation of a control system determined by a system of differential equations on a tree. For example, such a system on a finite tree arises after replacing the coefficients of the equation on an interval with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-17 Sergey Buterin

In this paper, We study the problem of learning a controllable representation for high-dimensional observations of dynamical systems. Specifically, we consider a situation where there are multiple sets of observations of dynamical systems…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-11-28 Ershad Banijamali , Ahmad Khajenezhad , Ali Ghodsi , Mohammad Ghavamzadeh

This paper considers the structure of uncertain linear systems building on concepts of robust unobservability and possible controllability which were introduced in previous papers. The paper presents a new geometric characterization of the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2013-04-11 Ian R. Petersen

In the development of controllability and inverse problem results for semi-discrete systems, by using Carleman estimates, it is required to estimate of the discrete operators applied to Carleman weight functions. This work aims to establish…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Ariel A. Pérez