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In this work, we propose an adjoint-based optimization procedure to control the onset of the Rayleigh-B\'enard instability with a melting front. A novel cut cell method is used to solve the Navier-Stokes equations in the Boussinesq…

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A numerical study of an optimal control formulation for a shape optimization problem governed by an elliptic variational inequality is performed. The shape optimization problem is reformulated as a boundary control problem in a fixed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-01-22 Raino A. E. Mäkinen

From economics point of view, we investigate a new optimal control problem driven by a stochastic differential equation with a multi-time states cost functional. By constructing a series of first-order adjoint equations, we establish the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-09-15 Shuzhen Yang

We consider a continuous time stochastic optimal control problem under both equality and inequality constraints on the expectation of some functionals of the controlled process. Under a qualification condition, we show that the problem is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-09 Laurent Pfeiffer , Xiaolu Tan , Yulong Zhou

We review recent results obtained to solve fractional order optimal control problems with free terminal time and a dynamic constraint involving integer and fractional order derivatives. Some particular cases are studied in detail. A…

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This paper addresses the optimal covariance steering problem for stochastic discrete-time linear systems subject to probabilistic state and control constraints. A method is presented for efficiently attaining the exact solution of the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-06 George Rapakoulias , Panagiotis Tsiotras

Optimal control of the singular nonlinear parabolic PDE which is a distributional formulation of multidimensional and multiphase Stefan-type free boundary problem is analyzed. Approximating sequence of finite-dimensional optimal control…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-16 Ugur G. Abdulla , Evan Cosgrove

In this paper, an abstract framework for the error analysis of discontinuous finite element method is developed for the distributed and Neumann boundary control problems governed by the stationary Stokes equation with control constraints.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-01 Asha K Dond , Thirupathi Gudi , Ramesh Ch. Sau

This paper presents a novel factor graph-based approach to solve the discrete-time finite-horizon Linear Quadratic Regulator problem subject to auxiliary linear equality constraints within and across time steps. We represent such optimal…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-27 Shuo Yang , Gerry Chen , Yetong Zhang , Howie Choset , Frank Dellaert

The goal of this work is to develop a novel splitting approach for the numerical solution of multiscale problems involving the coupling between Stokes equations and ODE systems, as often encountered in blood flow modeling applications. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-16 Lucia Carichino , Giovanna Guidoboni , Marcela Szopos

In this work, we present numerical analysis for a distributed optimal control problem, with box constraint on the control, governed by a subdiffusion equation which involves a fractional derivative of order $\alpha\in(0,1)$ in time. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-22 Bangti Jin , Buyang Li , Zhi Zhou

In this article, we study eigenvalue problems associated to self-adjoint operators and their approximation obtained by subspace projection, as used in the reduced basis method for instance. We provide error bounds between the exact…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2025-06-16 Louis Garrigue , Benjamin Stamm

On the basis of additive schemes (splitting schemes) we construct efficient numerical algorithms to solve approximately the initial-boundary value problems for systems of time-dependent partial differential equations (PDEs). In many applied…

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We derive a new parallel-in-time approach for solving large-scale optimization problems constrained by time-dependent partial differential equations arising from fluid dynamics. The solver involves the use of a block circulant approximation…

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In this work, we analyze Parametrized Advection-Dominated distributed Optimal Control Problems with random inputs in a Reduced Order Model (ROM) context. All the simulations are initially based on a finite element method (FEM)…

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We are interested in high-order linear multistep schemes for time discretization of adjoint equations arising within optimal control problems. First we consider optimal control problems for ordinary differential equations and show loss of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-24 Giacomo Albi , Michael Herty , Lorenzo Pareschi

This article presents a constrained policy optimization approach for the optimal control of systems under nonstationary uncertainties. We introduce an assumption that we call Markov embeddability that allows us to cast the stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-11 Sungho Shin , François Pacaud , Emil Contantinescu , Mihai Anitescu

We consider optimal control problems for partial differential equations where the controls take binary values but vary over the time horizon, they can thus be seen as dynamic switches. The switching patterns may be subject to combinatorial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-04 Christoph Buchheim , Alexandra Grütering , Christian Meyer

In this paper, we focus on a method based on optimal control to address the optimization problem. The objective is to find the optimal solution that minimizes the objective function. We transform the optimization problem into optimal…

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