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Infinite-dimensional linear conic formulations are described for nonlinear optimal control problems. The primal linear problem consists of finding occupation measures supported on optimal relaxed controlled trajectories, whereas the dual…
We present a novel class of minimax optimal control problems with positive dynamics, linear objective function and homogeneous constraints. The proposed problem class can be analyzed with dynamic programming and an explicit solution to the…
A class of optimal control problems of hybrid nature governed by semilinear parabolic equations is considered. These problems involve the optimization of switching times at which the dynamics, the integral cost, and the bounds on the…
We here consider optimal control problems governed by nonlinear stochastic equations on a Hilbert space H with nonconvex payoff, which is rewritten as a deterministic optimal control problem governed by a Kolmogorov equation in H. We prove…
Many systems exhibit a mixture of continuous and discrete dynamics. We consider a family of mixed-integer non-convex non-linear optimisation problems obtained in discretisations of optimal control of such systems. For this family, a…
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…
A method of optimal control computation is proposed for problems with control and state constraints. It uses a sequence of control structure adjustments in the form of generations and reductions of nodes and arcs, which do not change the…
We design receding horizon control strategies for stochastic discrete-time linear systems with additive (possibly) unbounded disturbances, while obeying hard bounds on the control inputs. We pose the problem of selecting an appropriate…
The long time behavior and detailed convergence analysis of Langevin equations has received increased attention over the last years. Difficulties arise from a lack of coercivity, usually termed hypocoercivity, of the underlying kinetic…
An optimal control problem for a model of tumor growth is studied. In a given subdomain, it is required to minimize the density of tumor cells, while the drug concentration in tissue is limited by given minimal and maximal values. Based on…
This paper investigates solution stability properties of unregularized tracking-type optimal control problems constrained by the Boussinesq system. In our model, the controls may appear linearly and distributed in both of the equations that…
This paper investigates the optimal control of a bilinear damped wave equation over an infinite time horizon. We establish the well-posedness of the controlled system and derive uniform energy estimates. The existence of optimal controls is…
We consider the Chance Constrained Model Predictive Control problem for polynomial systems subject to disturbances. In this problem, we aim at finding optimal control input for given disturbed dynamical system to minimize a given cost…
We study the optimal control problem of a free boundary PDE model describing the growth of multilayered tumor tissue in vitro. We seek the optimal amount of tumor growth inhibitor that simultaneously minimizes the thickness of the tumor…
This work studies the inverse optimality of input-to-state stabilizing controllers with input-output stability guarantees for nonlinear homogeneous systems. We formulate a new inverse optimal control problem, where the cost functional…
We consider the problem of synthesizing optimal linear feedback policies subject to arbitrary convex constraints on the feedback matrix. This is known to be a hard problem in the usual formulations ($\Htwo,\Hinf,\LQR$) and previous works…
Recent low-thrust space missions have highlighted the importance of designing trajectories that are robust against uncertainties. In its complete form, this process is formulated as a nonlinear constrained stochastic optimal control…
This paper addresses the optimal control problem of finite-horizon discrete-time nonlinear systems under state and control constraints. A novel numerical algorithm based on optimal control theory is proposed to achieve superior…
In this manuscript, we investigate optimal control problems which arise in connection with manipulation of dissipative quantum dynamics. These problems motivate the study of a class of dissipative bilinear control systems. For these systems…
We examine robust output feedback control of discrete-time nonlinear systems with bounded uncertainties affecting the dynamics and measurements. Specifically, we demonstrate how to construct semi-infinite programs that produce gains to…