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We analyze conditional optimization problems arising in discrete time Principal-Agent problems of delegated portfolio optimization with linear contracts. Applying tools from Conditional Analysis we show that some results known in the…

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This paper provides second-order optimality conditions for optimization problems with generalized equation constraints (GEPs), a framework that encompasses several important and challenging models in mathematical programming, including…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-29 M. Benko , H. Gfrerer , J. J. Ye , J. Zhang , J. Zhou

We study more general variational problems on time scales. Previous results are generalized by proving necessary optimality conditions for (i) variational problems involving delta derivatives of more than the first order, and (ii) problems…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Rui A. C. Ferreira , Delfim F. M. Torres

In this paper, a higher-order time-discretization scheme is proposed, where the iterates approximate the solution of the stochastic semilinear wave equation driven by multiplicative noise with general drift and diffusion. We employ a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-20 Xiaobing Feng , Akash Ashirbad Panda , Andreas Prohl

This paper deals with generalized differentiability and second-order necessary optimality conditions for a box-constrained optimal control problem governed by an exponential semilinear elliptic equation with discrete measures as sources,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Vu Huu Nhu , Nguyen Hai Son , Phan Quang Sang , Tran Duy

For the compressible Euler equations, even when the initial data are uniformly away from vacuum, solution can approach vacuum in infinite time. Achieving sharp lower bounds of density is crucial in the study of Euler equations. In this…

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We consider a stochastic control problem where the set of strict (classical) controls is not necessarily convex and the the variable control has two components, the first being absolutely continuous and the second singular. The system is…

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We investigate optimality conditions for optimization problems constrained by a class of variational inequalities of the second kind. Based on a nonsmooth primal-dual reformulation of the governing inequality, the differentiability of the…

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Motivated by recent increased interest in optimization algorithms for non-convex optimization in application to training deep neural networks and other optimization problems in data analysis, we give an overview of recent theoretical…

In the past few decades, many multiobjective evolutionary optimization algorithms (MOEAs) have been proposed to find a finite set of approximate Pareto solutions for a given problem in a single run, each with its own structure. However, in…

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In this paper we prove necessary conditions for optimality of a stochastic control problem for a class of stochastic partial differential equations that is controlled through the boundary. This kind of problems can be interpreted as a…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-12-05 Giuseppina Guatteri

Chance constraints are frequently used to limit the probability of constraint violations in real-world optimization problems where the constraints involve stochastic components. We study chance-constrained submodular optimization problems,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-27 Xiankun Yan , Anh Viet Do , Feng Shi , Xiaoyu Qin , Frank Neumann

Stochastic optimal control problems with constraints on the probability distribution of the final output are considered. Necessary conditions for optimality in the form of a coupled system of partial differential equations involving a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-10 Samuel Daudin

The present paper studies a kind of robust optimization problems with constraint. The problem is formulated through Backward Stochastic Differential Equations (BSDEs) with quadratic generators. A necessary condition is established for the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-14 Peng Luo , Alexander Schied , Xiaole Xue

In this paper we discuss optimality conditions for abstract optimization problems over complex spaces. We then apply these results to optimal control problems with a semigroup structure. As an application we detail the case when the state…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-15 M. Soledad Aronna , Frédéric Bonnans , Axel Kröner

This paper is devoted to the study of acceleration methods for an inequality constrained convex optimization problem by using Lyapunov functions. We first approximate such a problem as an unconstrained optimization problem by employing the…

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We present a method for the numerical approximation of distributed optimal control problems constrained by parabolic partial differential equations. We complement the first-order optimality condition by a recently developed space-time…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-23 Thomas Führer , Michael Karkulik

We develop a methodology for closing duality gap and guaranteeing strong duality in infinite convex optimization. Specifically, we examine two new Lagrangian-type dual formulations involving infinitely many dual variables and infinite sums…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Abderrahim Hantoute , Alexander Y. Kruger , Marco A. López

The necessary conditions for an optimal control of a stochastic control problem with recursive utilities is investigated. The first order condition is the the well-known Pontryagin type maximum principle. When the optimal control satisfying…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-27 Yuchao Dong , Qingxin Meng