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In this work we deal with the optimal design and optimal control of structures undergoing large rotations. In other words, we show how to find the corresponding initial configuration and the corresponding set of multiple load parameters in…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2009-02-10 A. Ibrahimbegovic , C. Knopf-Lenoir , A. Kucerova , P. Villon

This paper presents a novel approach for collision avoidance in optimal and model predictive control, in which the environment is represented by a large number of points and the robot as a union of padded polygons. The conditions that none…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Yunfan Gao , Florian Messerer , Niels van Duijkeren , Rashmi Dabir , Moritz Diehl

For shape optimization problems, governed by elliptic equations with Dirichlet boundary condition and random coefficients, we utilize a penalization technique to get the approximate problem. We consider that uncertainties exists in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Xiaowei Pang

This paper is concerned with second-order optimality conditions for Tikhonov regularized optimal control problems governed by the obstacle problem. Using a simple observation that allows to characterize the structure of optimal controls on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-24 Constantin Christof , Gerd Wachsmuth

The purpose of this work is the formulation of optimality conditions for phase-field optimal control problems. The forward problem is first stated as an abstract nonlinear optimization problem, and then the necessary optimality conditions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-06 Denis Khimin , Johannes Lankeit , Marc C. Steinbach , Thomas Wick

Necessary optimality conditions and numerical methods for solving an optimal control problem for a linear continuous-time dynanical system with controlled coefficients and quadratic goal functional are discussed.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-04-20 Olga V. Baturina , Alexander V. Bulatov , Vadim F. Krotov

In this paper, we study optimal control problems of semilinear elliptic and parabolic equations. A tracking cost functional, quadratic in the control and state variables, is considered. No control constraints are imposed. We prove that the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-21 Eduardo Casas , Daniel Wachsmuth

We establish a geometric Pontryagin maximum principle for discrete time optimal control problems on finite dimensional smooth manifolds under the following three types of constraints: a) constraints on the states pointwise in time, b)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-05 Mishal Assif P K , Debasish Chatterjee , Ravi Banavar

We present an optimal control problem to guide the selection of morphology classes arising in organic solar cells. The study focuses on phase separation processes in polymer solvent mixtures, with particular attention to solvent evaporation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Arghya Kundu , Adrian Muntean

This paper studies regularity properties of optimization-based controllers, which are obtained by solving optimization problems where the parameter is the system state and the optimization variable is the input to the system. Under a wide…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-08 Pol Mestres , Ahmed Allibhoy , Jorge Cortés

The design of the performance index, also referred to as cost or reward shaping, is central to both optimal control and reinforcement learning, as it directly determines the behaviors, trade-offs, and objectives that the resulting control…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-14 Ayush Rai , Shaoshuai Mou , Brian D. O. Anderson

The goal of quantum tracking control is to identify shaped fields to steer observable expectation values along designated time-dependent tracks. The fields are determined via an iteration-free procedure, which is based on inverting the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-06 Alicia B. Magann , Tak-San Ho , Christian Arenz , Herschel A. Rabitz

In this paper, we present a novel 3D formation control scheme for directed graphs in a leader-follower configuration, achieving (almost) global convergence to the desired shape. Specifically, we introduce three controlled variables…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-05 Omid Mirzaeedodangeh , Farhad Mehdifar , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

Achieving precise control of colloidal self-assembly into specific patterns remains a longstanding challenge due to the complex process dynamics. Recently, machine learning-based state representation and reinforcement learning-based control…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-12-19 Andres Lizano-Villalobos , Fangyuan Ma , Wentao Tang , Wei Sun , Xun Tang

An optimal control problem driven by an ordinary differential equation under continuous state constraints is considered in this study. From an operational point of view, we introduce a discrete state constraints optimal control problem and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-04 Shuzhen Yang

The purpose of this paper is to derive some pointwise second-order necessary conditions for stochastic optimal controls in the general case that the control variable enters into both the drift and the diffusion terms. When the control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-29 Haisen Zhang , Xu Zhang

We consider an optimal control problem on a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^2,$ governed by a parabolic convection--diffusion--reaction equation with pointwise control constraints. We follow the optimize--then--discretize approach,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-11 Christos Pervolianakis

We consider general shape optimization problems governed by Dirichlet boundary value problems. The proposed approach may be extended to other boundary conditions as well. It is based on a recent representation result for implicitly defined…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-27 Cornel Marius Murea , Dan Tiba

We study an explicit mirror-descent method for finite-horizon deterministic optimal control problems. The method is motivated by Pontryagin's maximum principle: at each iteration, one solves the state and adjoint equations and updates the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Ye Feng , Jianfeng Lu

This work addresses an optimal control problem constrained by a degenerate kinetic equation of parabolic-hyperbolic type. Using a hypocoercivity framework we establish the well-posedness of the problem and demonstrate that the optimal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-17 Aaron Pim , Tristan Pryer , Alex Trenam