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This paper introduces a novel methodology that leverages the Hamilton-Jacobi solution to enhance non-linear model predictive control (MPC) in scenarios affected by navigational uncertainty. Using Hamilton-Jacobi-Theoretic approach, a…
The approximation of solutions to second order Hamilton--Jacobi--Bellman (HJB) equations by deep neural networks is investigated. It is shown that for HJB equations that arise in the context of the optimal control of certain Markov…
In this paper, a stochastic optimal control problem is investigated in which the system is governed by a stochastic functional differential equation. In the framework of functional It\^o calculus, we build the dynamic programming principle…
This paper is dedicated to the analysis of infinite horizon optimal control problems subject to semilinear parabolic equations with constraints on the controls and discounted cost functionals. The discount factors on the cost and the state…
In this paper we present a new algorithm for the solution of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations related to optimal control problems. The key idea is to divide the domain of computation into subdomains which are shaped by the optimal dynamics…
In this contribution we propose reduced order methods to fast and reliably solve parametrized optimal control problems governed by time dependent nonlinear partial differential equations. Our goal is to provide a tool to deal with the time…
Recent results in the study of the Hamilton Jacobi Bellman (HJB) equation have led to the discovery of a formulation of the value function as a linear Partial Differential Equation (PDE) for stochastic nonlinear systems with a mild…
Model Predictive Control (MPC) is a well-established approach to solve infinite horizon optimal control problems. Since optimization over an infinite time horizon is generally infeasible, MPC determines a suboptimal feedback control by…
Stochastic optimal control problems governed by delay equations with delay in the control are usually more difficult to study than the the ones when the delay appears only in the state. This is particularly true when we look at the…
We study a family of stationary Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equations in Hilbert spaces arising from stochastic optimal control problems. The main difficulties to treat such problems are: the lack of smoothing properties of the linear…
Projection-based model order reduction of dynamical systems usually introduces an error between the high-fidelity model and its counterpart of lower dimension. This unknown error can be bounded by residual-based methods, which are typically…
A large number of recent studies consider a compartmental SIR model to study optimal control policies aimed at containing the diffusion of COVID-19 while minimizing the economic costs of preventive measures. Such problems are non-convex and…
In this paper, we present a novel method for computing the optimal feedback gain of the infinite-horizon Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) problem via an ordinary differential equation. We introduce a novel continuous-time Bellman error,…
In this paper we extend dynamic programming techniques to the study of discrete-time infinite horizon optimal control problems on compact control invariant sets with state-independent best asymptotic average cost. To this end we analyse the…
POD-DL-ROMs have been recently proposed as an extremely versatile strategy to build accurate and reliable reduced order models (ROMs) for nonlinear parametrized partial differential equations, combining (i) a preliminary dimensionality…
This paper studies a finite horizon utility maximization problem on excessive consumption under a drawdown constraint. Our control problem is an extension of the one considered in Bahman et al. (2019) to the model with a finite horizon and…
Stochastic optimal control control problems with merely measurable coefficients are not well understood. In this manuscript, we consider fully non-linear stochastic optimal control problems in infinite horizon with measurable coefficients…
There exist many ways to stabilize an infinite-dimensional linear autonomous control systems when it is possible. Anyway, finding an exponentially stabilizing feedback control that is as simple as possible may be a challenge. The Riccati…
The present work considers the optimal control of a convective Cahn-Hilliard system, where the control enters through the velocity in the transport term. We prove the existence of a solution to the considered optimal control problem. For an…
In this paper, we are concerned with the classical solvability of a class of second-order Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations (HJB equations) arising from stochastic optimal control problems with linear dynamics and uniformly convex cost…