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This paper investigates a category of constrained fractional optimization problems that emerge in various practical applications. The objective function for this category is characterized by the ratio of a numerator and denominator, both…
An implicit finite difference method with non-uniform timesteps for solving the fractional diffusion equation in the Caputo form is proposed. The method allows one to build adaptive methods where the size of the timesteps is adjusted to the…
Using both fractional derivatives, defined in the Riemann-Liouville and Caputo senses, and classical derivatives of the integer order we examine different numerical approaches to ordinary differential equations. Generally we formulate some…
In this work, we introduce a new three-dimensional chaotic differential dynamical system. We find equilibrium points of this system and provide the stability conditions for various fractional orders. Numerical simulations will be used to…
A piecewise constant Mayer cost function is used to model optimal control problems in which the state space is partitioned into several regions, each having its own Mayer cost value. In such a context, the standard numerical methods used in…
This paper presents a modified numerical scheme for a class of Fractional Optimal Control Problems (FOCPs) formulated in Agrawal (2004) where a Fractional Derivative (FD) is defined in the Riemann-Liouville sense. In this scheme, the entire…
In this paper, we deal with a Cauchy problem for a nonlinear fractional differential equation with the Caputo derivative of order $\alpha \in (0, 1)$. As initial data, we consider a pair consisting of an initial point, which does not…
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…
We establish necessary optimality conditions for variational problems with a Lagrangian depending on a combined Caputo derivative of variable fractional order. The endpoint of the integral is free, and thus transversality conditions are…
Fractional control systems with the Caputo derivative are considered. The modified controllability Gramian and the minimum energy optimal control problem are investigated. Construction of minimizing steering controls for the modified energy…
The fractional calculus is useful to model non-local phenomena. We construct a method to evaluate the fractional Caputo derivative by means of a simple explicit quadratic segmentary interpolation. This method yields to numerical resolution…
We consider the integral definition of the fractional Laplacian and analyze a linear-quadratic optimal control problem for the so-called fractional heat equation; control constraints are also considered. We derive existence and uniqueness…
A numerical method is proposed for a class of stochastic control problems including singular behavior. This method solves an infinite-dimensional linear program equivalent to the stochastic control problem using a finite element type…
We consider the variational discretization of a linear-quadratic optimal control problem with pointwise control and state constraints. In order to allow for a Fr\'echet smooth norm, the problem is reformulated by means of a reflexive…
We begin with a treatment of the Caputo time-fractional diffusion equation, by using the Laplace transform, to obtain a Volterra intego-differential equation where we may examine the weakly singular nature of this convolution…
We present and analyze a new method for solving optimal control problems for Volterra integral equations, based on approximating the controlled Volterra integral equations by a sequence of systems of controlled ordinary differential…
Isoperimetric problems consist in minimizing or maximizing a cost functional subject to an integral constraint. In this work, we present two fractional isoperimetric problems where the Lagrangian depends on a combined Caputo derivative of…
In this work, we use the integral definition of the fractional Laplace operator and study a sparse optimal control problem involving a fractional, semilinear, and elliptic partial differential equation as state equation; control constraints…
Research focus on optimal control problems brought on by fractional differential equations has been extensively applied in practice. However, because they are still open-ended and challenging, a number of problems with fractional…
A geometric derivation of numerical integrators for optimal control problems is proposed. It is based in the classical technique of generating functions adapted to the special features of optimal control problems.