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In general, standard necessary optimality conditions cannot be formulated in a straightforward manner for semi-smooth shape optimization problems. In this paper, we consider shape optimization problems constrained by variational…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-17 Daniel Luft , Volker H. Schulz , Kathrin Welker

Designing a freeform surface to reflect or refract light to achieve a target distribution is a challenging inverse problem. In this paper, we propose an end-to-end optimization strategy for an optical surface mesh. Our formulation leverages…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-05-08 Yuou Sun , Bailin Deng , Juyong Zhang

The robotic manipulation of compliant objects is currently one of the most active problems in robotics due to its potential to automate many important applications. Despite the progress achieved by the robotics community in recent years,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-05-23 Jiaming Qi , Dongyu Li , Yufeng Gao , Peng Zhou , David Navarro-Alarcon

We consider an optimal control problem subject to the thin-film equation which is deduced from the Navier--Stokes equation. The PDE constraint lacks well-posedness for general right-hand sides due to possible degeneracies; state constraints…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-08-11 Markus Klein , Andreas Prohl

We address an optimal control problem governed by a system coupling a Brinkman-type momentum equation for the velocity field with a sixth-order Cahn-Hilliard equation for the phase variable, incorporating curvature effects in the free…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-12 Pierluigi Colli , Gianni Gilardi , Andrea Signori , Jürgen Sprekels

We consider a linear-quadratic optimization problem with pointwise bounds on the state for which the constraint is given by the Laplace-Beltrami equation (to have uniqueness we add an lower order term) on a two-dimensional surface . By…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-06-10 Ahmad Ahmad Ali , Michael Hinze , Heiko Kröner

This work considers the problem of approximating initial condition and time-dependent optimal control and trajectory surfaces using multivariable Fourier series. A modified Augmented Lagrangian algorithm for translating the optimal control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-14 Gabriel Nicolosi , Terry Friesz , Christopher Griffin

In this paper, we consider the problem of multi-objective optimal control of a dynamical system with additive and multiplicative noises with given second moments and arbitrary probability distributions. The objectives are given by quadratic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-02-17 Ather Gattami

We consider a system that is exactly controllable. For given initial state, terminal state and objective function, an optimal control is often well-defined. Such an optimal control has the disadvantage that although it works perfectly well…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-07-08 Martin Gugat

A flat plate can bend into a curved surface if it experiences an inhomogeneous growth field. In this article a method is described that numerically determines the optimal growth field giving rise to an arbitrary target shape, optimizing for…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-08-05 Gareth Wyn Jones , L. Mahadevan

We consider optimal control of the scalar wave equation where the control enters as a coefficient in the principal part. Adding a total variation penalty allows showing existence of optimal controls, which requires continuity results for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Christian Clason , Karl Kunisch , Philip Trautmann

This paper continues the investigations from [7] and is concerned with the derivation of first-order conditions for a control constrained optimization problem governed by a non-smooth elliptic PDE. The control enters the state equation not…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-11 Livia Betz

In this work, we consider optimality conditions of an optimal control problem governed by an obstacle problem. Here, we focus on introducing a, matrix valued, control variable as the coefficients of the obstacle problem. As it is well…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Nicolai Simon , Winnifried Wollner

A class of optimal control problems governed by linear fractional diffusion equation with control constraint is considered. We first establish some results on the existence of strong solution to the state equation and the existence of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-24 Bui Trong Kien , Bui Ngoc Muoi , Ching-Feng Wen , Jen-Chih Yao

We address the problem of reshaping light in the Schr\"odinger optics regime from the perspective of optimal control theory. In technological applications, Schr\"odinger optics is often used to model a slowly-varying amplitude of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-04 Jimmie Adriazola , Roy H. Goodman

In this paper, we propose control theoretic smoothing splines with L1 optimality for reducing the number of parameters that describes the fitted curve as well as removing outlier data. A control theoretic spline is a smoothing spline that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-22 Masaaki Nagahara , Clyde F. Martin

In this paper, we give a simple control on how an optimal shape can be characterized. The framework of Riemannian manifold of infinite dimension is essential. And the covariant derivative plays a key role in the computation and in the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2022-12-19 Ababacar Sadikhe Djité , Diaraf Seck

We consider a linear-quadratic pde constrained optimal control problem on an evolving surface with pointwise state constraints. We reformulate the optimization problem on a fixed surface and approximate the reformulated problem by a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-04-27 Michael Hinze , Heiko Kröner

Bearing-based distributed formation control is attractive because it can be implemented using vision-based measurements to achieve a desired formation. Gradient-descent-based controllers using bearing measurements have been shown to have…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-25 Zili Wang , Sean B. Andersson , Roberto Tron

We optimize a selection of eigenvalues of the Laplace operator with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions by adjusting the shape of the domain on which the eigenvalue problem is considered. Here, a phase-field function is used to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-23 Harald Garcke , Paul Hüttl , Christian Kahle , Patrik Knopf , Tim Laux