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In this paper, the problem of finite horizon inverse optimal control (IOC) is investigated, where the quadratic cost function of a dynamic process is required to be recovered based on the observation of optimal control sequences. We propose…

In this paper, we will deal with a Linear Quadratic Optimal Control problem with unknown dynamics. As a modeling assumption, we will suppose that the knowledge that an agent has on the current system is represented by a probability…

In dimension $n\geq 3$, we prove a local uniqueness result for the potentials $q$ of the Schr\"odinger equation $-\Delta u+qu=0$ from partial boundary data. More precisely, we show that potentials $q_1,q_2\in L^\infty$ with positive…

In this paper, we propose a method for estimating the algebraic Riccati equation (ARE) with respect to an unknown discrete-time system from the system state and input observation. The inverse optimal control (IOC) problem asks, ``What…

We consider a scalar conservation law with source in a bounded open interval $\Omega\subseteq\mathbb R$. The equation arises from the macroscopic evolution of an interacting particle system. The source term models an external effort driving…

Let $\alpha\in(0,1)$, $\Omega$ be a bounded open domain in $R^N$ ($N\ge 2$) with $C^2$ boundary $\partial\Omega$ and $\omega$ be the Hausdorff measure on $\partial\Omega$. We denote by $\frac{\partial^\alpha \omega}{\partial…

We study the quadratic regulator problem on a finite time horizon for the wave equation with high internal damping controlled on the boundary by square integrable controls. The approach in this paper transforms the wave equation with high…

We consider the Hamiltonian system with Neumann boundary conditions: \[ -\Delta u + \mu u=v^{q }, \quad -\Delta v+ \mu v=u^{p} \quad \text{ in $\Omega$}, \qquad u, v >0 \quad \text{ in $\Omega$,} \qquad \partial_\nu u= \partial_\nu v=0…

A new approach to solving two-point boundary value problems for a wave equation is developed. This new approach exploits the principle of stationary action to reformulate and solve such problems in the framework of optimal control. In…

Let $\Omega$ be a bounded smooth domain in $\mathbb{R}^N$. We study positive solutions of equation (E) $-L_\mu u+ u^q = 0$ in $\Omega$ where $L_\mu=\Delta + \frac{\mu}{\delta^2}$, $0<\mu$, $q>1$ and…

We establish sharp interior and boundary regularity estimates for solutions to $\partial_t u - L u = f(t, x)$ in $I\times \Omega$, with $I \subset \mathbb{R}$ and $\Omega \subset\mathbb{R}^n$. The operators $L$ we consider are…

Backus considered a boundary value problem for the Laplace equation with the non-linear data in the form of the magnitude $|Du|$ of the gradient of the solution u. We consider this problem with the data expanded by…

We study the existence of non-trivial unbounded domains of $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^2$ where the equation \begin{align} - \lambda u_{xx} -u_{tt} &= u \qquad \text{in $\Omega$,}\nonumber u &=0 \qquad \text{on $\partial \Omega$,}\nonumber…

This paper establishes the local exact controllability of the quasilinear porous media equation with Dirichlet boundary condition.\\ Consider the equation $$\begin{aligned} &y_t - \Delta a(y) = mu+f \text{ on } Q\\ &y(0)=y_0,\ y…

In this article the problem to be studied is the following $$ (P) \left\{ \begin{array}{rcll} u_t+(-\D^s_{p}) u & = & f(x,t) & \text{ in } \O_{T}\equiv \Omega \times (0,T), \\ u & = & 0 & \text{ in }(\ren\setminus\O) \times (0,T), \\ u &…

We consider the problem $$ (P_\lambda)\quad -\Delta_{p}u=\lambda u^{p-1}+a(x)u^{q-1},\quad u\geq0\quad\mbox{ in }\Omega $$ under Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. Here $\Omega$ is a smooth bounded domain of $\mathbb{R}^{N}$…

Given an elliptic operator~$L$ on a bounded domain~$\Omega \subseteq {\bf R}^n$, and a positive Radon measure~$\mu$ on~$\Omega$, not charging polar sets, we discuss an explicit approximation procedure which leads to a sequence of…

This paper deals with the Neumann boundary value problem for the system $$u_t=\nabla\cdot\left(D(u)\nabla u\right)-\nabla\cdot\left(S(u)\nabla v\right)+f(u) ,\quad x\in\Omega,\ t>0$$ $$v_t=\Delta v-v+u,\quad x\in\Omega,\ t>0$$ in a smooth…

In this paper, we study the existence of nontrivial solutions of the Dirichlet boundary value problem for the following elliptic system: \begin{equation} \left\{ \begin{aligned} -\Delta u & = au + bv + f(x,u,v); &\quad\mbox{ for…

We consider the fourth order problem $\Delta^{2}u=\lambda f(u)$ on a general bounded domain $\Omega$ in $R^{n}$ with the Navier boundary condition $u=\Delta u=0$ on $\partial \Omega$. Here, $\lambda$ is a positive parameter and $…