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We consider image registration as an optimal control problem using an optical flow formulation, i.e., we discuss an optimization problem that is governed by a linear hyperbolic transport equation. Requiring Lipschitz continuity of the…

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We introduce a family of hybrid discretisations for the numerical approximation of optimal control problems governed by the equations of immiscible displacement in porous media. The proposed schemes are based on mixed and discontinuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-02 S. Kumar , R. Ruiz Baier , R. Sandilya

We formulate a control system model for the distributed flow of mixtures of highly heterogeneous gases through large-scale pipeline networks with time-varying injections of constituents, withdrawals, and control actions of compressors. This…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-23 Luke Baker , Saif R. Kazi , Rodrigo B. Platte , Anatoly Zlotnik

This work presents a novel family of well-balanced numerical schemes for hyperbolic systems of balance laws based on the kinetic relaxation approach. The method begins by transforming the original non-linear system into a linearized kinetic…

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In this paper, we introduce a hyperbolic model for entropy dissipative system of viscous conservation laws via a flux relaxation approach. We develop numerical schemes for the resulting hyperbolic relaxation system by employing the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-20 Tuowei Chen , Jiequan Li

This paper investigates the asymptotic behavior of a hyperbolic relaxation system designed for homogeneous two-phase flows in the limit of vanishing relaxation time. The governing equations comprise conservation laws for mixture mass and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Huimin Yu

PDE-constrained optimal control problems require regularisation to ensure well-posedness, introducing small perturbations that make the solutions challenging to approximate accurately. We propose a finite element approach that couples both…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-17 Jenny Power , Tristan Pryer

We study singular stochastic control of a two dimensional stochastic differential equation, where the first component is linear with random and unbounded coefficients. We derive existence of an optimal relaxed control and necessary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2008-12-08 Daniel Andersson

Hybrid dynamical systems are systems which posses both continuous and discrete transitions. Assuming that the discrete transitions (resets) occur a finite number of times, the optimal control problem can be solved by gluing together the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-20 William Clark , Maria Oprea , Aden Shaw

We study relaxed stochastic control problems where the state equation is a one dimensional linear stochastic differential equation with random and unbounded coefficients. The two main results are existence of an optimal relaxed control and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2008-02-15 Daniel Andersson , Boualem Djehiche

We consider linear model reduction in both the control and state variables for unconstrained linear-quadratic optimal control problems subject to time-varying parabolic PDEs. The first-order optimality condition for a state-space reduced…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-17 Michael Kartmann , Stefan Volkwein

This paper presents a safe output regulation control strategy for a class of systems modeled by a coupled $2\times 2$ hyperbolic PDE-ODE structure, subject to fully distributed disturbances throughout the system. A state-feedback controller…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-23 Ji Wang , Miroslav Krstic

We consider the freeway network control problem where the aim is to optimize the operation of traffic networks modeled by the Cell Transmission Model via ramp metering and partial mainline demand control. Optimal control problems using the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-28 Marius Schmitt , John Lygeros

We propose a new method for generating semidefinite relaxations of optimal power flow problems. The method is based on chordal conversion techniques: by dropping some equality constraints in the conversion, we obtain semidefinite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-12-09 Martin S. Andersen , Anders Hansson , Lieven Vandenberghe

A re-entrant manufacturing system producing a large number of items and involving many steps can be approximately modeled by a hyperbolic partial differential equation (PDE) according to mass conservation law with respect to a continuous…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-15 Xiaodong Xu , Stevan Dubljevic

We introduce a semidefinite relaxation for optimal control of linear systems with time scaling. These problems are inherently nonconvex, since the system dynamics involves bilinear products between the discretization time step and the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-18 Lujie Yang , Tobia Marcucci , Pablo A. Parrilo , Russ Tedrake

In this work, we will investigate the question of optimal control for bilinear systems with constrained endpoint. The optimal control will be characterized through a set of unconstrained minimization problems that approximate the former.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-28 Soufiane Yahyaoui , Lahoussine Lafhim , Mohamed Ouzahra

This paper explores the convergence behavior of two waveform relaxation algorithms, namely the Dirichlet-Neumann and Neumann-Neumann Waveform Relaxation algorithms, for an optimal control problem with a sub-diffusion partial differential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-17 Soura Sana , Bankim C. Mandal

This paper proposes an iterative method to solve Mixed-Integer Optimal Control Problems arising from systems with switched dynamics. The so-called relaxed problem plays a central role within this context. Through a numerical example, it is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Ramin Abbasi-Esfeden , Wim Van Roy , Jan Swevers

We show the convergence of the zero relaxation limit in systems of $2 \times 2$ hyperbolic conservation laws with stochastic initial data. Precisely, solutions converge to a solution of the local equilibrium approximation as the relaxation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-11-01 James M. Scott , M. Paul Laiu , Cory D. Hauck