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We consider a control-constrained optimal control problem subject to time-harmonic Maxwell's equations; the control variable belongs to a finite-dimensional set and enters the state equation as a coefficient. We derive existence of optimal…

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We consider a pointwise tracking optimal control problem for a semilinear elliptic partial differential equation. We derive the existence of optimal solutions and analyze first and, necessary and sufficient, second order optimality…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-16 Alejandro Allendes , Francisco Fuica , Enrique Otarola

The convergence and optimality of adaptive mixed finite element methods for the Poisson equation are established in this paper. The main difficulty for mixed finite element methods is the lack of minimization principle and thus the failure…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2010-01-12 Long Chen , Michael Holst , Jinchao Xu

This article discusses numerical analysis of the distributed optimal control problem governed by the von K\'{a}rm\'{a}n equations defined on a polygonal domain in $\mathbb{R}^2$. The state and adjoint variables are discretised using the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-07-14 Sudipto Chowdhury , Asha K. Dond , Neela Nataraj , Devika Shylaja

We consider finite element solutions to optimization problems, where the state depends on the possibly constrained control through a linear partial differential equation. Basing upon a reduced and rescaled optimality system, we derive a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Fernando Gaspoz , Christian Kreuzer , Andreas Veeser , Winnifried Wollner

We consider finite element solutions to quadratic optimization problems, where the state depends on the control via a well-posed linear partial differential equation. Exploiting the structure of a suitably reduced optimality system, we…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-03 Fernando Gaspoz , Christian Kreuzer , Andreas Veeser , Winnifried Wollner

This paper studies an optimal control problem governed by a semilinear elliptic equation, in which the control acts in a multiplicative or bilinear way as the reaction coefficient of the equation. We focus on the numerical discretization of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-25 Eduardo Casas , Konstantinos Chrysafinos , Mariano Mateos

We consider a linear-quadratic elliptic optimal control problem with point evaluations of the state variable in the cost functional. The state variable is discretized by conforming linear finite elements. For control discretization, three…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-09 Niklas Behringer , Dominik Meidner , Boris Vexler

This article is concerned with the nonconforming finite element method for distributed elliptic optimal control problems with pointwise constraints on the control and gradient of the state variable. We reduce the minimization problem into a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-13 Kamana Porwal , Pratibha Shakya

We derive globally reliable a posteriori error estimators for a PDE-constrained optimization problem involving linear models in fluid dynamics as state equation; control constraints are also considered. The corresponding local error…

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In this paper we present an algorithm for adaptive sparse grid approximations of quantities of interest computed from discretized partial differential equations. We use adjoint-based a posteriori error estimates of the physical…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2015-06-22 John D. Jakeman , Timothy Wildey

We present a trust-region-based adaptive finite-element algorithm for numerically solving a class of nonsmooth PDE-constrained optimization problems that includes problems with sparsifying regularizers and convex constraints. In particular,…

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We design and analyze solution techniques for a linear-quadratic optimal control problem involving the integral fractional Laplacian. We derive existence and uniqueness results, first order optimality conditions, and regularity estimates…

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We consider an optimal control problem governed by a one-dimensional elliptic equation that involves univariate functions of bounded variation as controls. For the discretization of the state equation we use linear finite elements and for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-06-18 Dominik Hafemeyer , Florian Mannel , Ira Neitzel , Boris Vexler

We derive optimal order a posteriori error estimates for fully discrete approximations of linear Schr\"odinger-type equations, in the $L^\infty(L^2)-$norm. For the discretization in time we use the Crank-Nicolson method, while for the space…

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In this paper, we develop an adaptive finite element method for the nonlinear steady-state Poisson-Nernst-Planck equations, where the spatial adaptivity for geometrical singularities and boundary layer effects are mainly considered. As a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-21 Tingting Hao , Manman Ma , Xuejun Xu

We consider a class of parameter-dependent optimal control problems of elliptic PDEs with constraints of general type on the control variable. Applying the concept of variational discretization, [4], together with techniques from the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-08-20 Ahmad Ahmad Ali , Michael Hinze

This article presents a general and novel approach to the automation of goal-oriented error control in the solution of nonlinear stationary finite element variational problems. The approach is based on automated linearization to obtain the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-05-01 Marie E. Rognes , Anders Logg

We consider an abstract framework for the numerical solution of optimal control problems (OCPs) subject to partial differential equations (PDEs). Examples include not only the distributed control of elliptic PDEs such as the Poisson…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Ulrich Langer , Richard Löscher , Olaf Steinbach , Huidong Yang