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We study the thermodynamic cost associated with driving systems between different non-equilibrium steady states. In particular, we combine a linear-response framework for non-equilibrium Markov systems with Lagrangian techniques to minimize…
In this paper, we consider the Stokes equations in a two-dimen- sional channel with periodic conditions in the direction of the channel. We establish null controllability of this system using a boundary control which acts on the normal…
In this paper, we deal with the controllability properties of a system of $m$ coupled Stokes systems or $m$ coupled Navier-Stokes systems. We show the null-controllability of such systems in the case where the coupling is in a cascade form…
This paper aims to establish null controllability for systems coupled by two backward fourth order stochastic parabolic equations. The main goal is to control both equations with only one control act on the drift term. To achieve this, we…
We are concerned with the design of Model Predictive Control (MPC) schemes such that asymptotic stability of the resulting closed loop is guaranteed even if the linearization at the desired set point fails to be stabilizable. Therefore, we…
Motivated by the recent growing interest about the thermodynamic cost of Shortcuts to Adiabaticity (STA), we consider the cost of driving a classical system by the so-called Counterdiabatic Driving (CD). To do so, we proceed in three steps:…
This paper considers the infinite horizon optimal control problem for nonlinear systems. Under the condition of nonlinear controllability of the system to any terminal set containing the origin and forward invariance of the terminal set, we…
In this paper we study the controllability of a coupled Keller-Segel-Navier-Stokes system. We show the local exact controllability of the system around some particular trajectories. The proof relies on new Carleman inequalities for the…
The controllability cost for the heat equation as the control time $T$ goes to 0 is well-known of the order $e^{C/T}$ for some positive constant $C$, depending on the controlled domain and for all initial datum. In this paper, we prove that…
This paper concerns the null controllability for a class of stochastic degenerate parabolic equations. We first establish a global Carleman estimate for a linear forward stochastic degenerate equation with multiplicative noise. Using this…
The efficient manipulation of thermodynamic states within the finite time is fundamentally constrained by the intrinsic dissipative cost. While the slow-driving regime is well-characterized by a universal $1/\tau$-scaling of…
In this paper, we are interested in the minimal null control time of one-dimensional first-order linear hyperbolic systems by one-sided boundary controls. Our main result is an explicit characterization of the smallest and largest values…
We present a control scheme for quantum systems coupled to a thermal bath. We demonstrate state-to-state control between two Gibbs states. This scheme can be used to accelerate thermalization and cool the open system. Starting from a…
Quantifying energy flows at nanometer scales promises to guide future research in a variety of disciplines, from microscopic control and manipulation, to autonomously operating molecular machines. A general understanding of the…
We study controllability issues for the Navier-Stokes Equation on a two dimensional rectangle with so-called Lions boundary conditions. Rewriting the Equation using a basis of harmonic functions we arrive to an infinite-dimensional system…
We consider the typical one-dimensional strongly degenerate parabolic operator $Pu= u_t - (x^\alpha u_x)_x$ with $0<x<\ell$ and $\alpha\in(0,2)$, controlled either by a boundary control acting at $x=\ell$, or by a locally distributed…
We study controllability issues for the 2D Euler and Navier-Stokes (NS) systems under periodic boundary conditions. These systems describe motion of homogeneous ideal or viscous incompressible fluid on a two-dimensional torus…
This article is devoted to the analysis of inverse source problems for Stokes systems in unbounded domains where the corresponding velocity flow is observed on a surface. Our main objective is to study the unique determination of general…
In the paper, the problems of controllability and approximate controllability are studied for the control system $w_t=\frac{1}{\rho}\left(kw_x\right)_x+\gamma w$, $\left.\left(\sqrt{\frac{k}{\rho}}w_x\right)\right|_{x=0}=u$, $x>0$,…
This paper is devoted to discuss the stabilizability of a class of $ 2 \times2 $ non-homogeneous hyperbolic systems. Motivated by the example in \cite[Page 197]{CB2016}, we analyze the influence of the interval length $L$ on stabilizability…