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This work is motivated by the need of efficient numerical simulations of gas flows in the serpentine channels used in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. In particular, we consider the Poisson problem in a 2D domain composed of several…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-14 Hussein Albazzal , Alexei Lozinski , Roberta Tittarelli

This article is concerned with the numerical solution of convex variational problems. More precisely, we develop an iterative minimisation technique which allows for the successive enrichment of an underlying discrete approximation space in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-07-07 Paul Houston , Thomas P. Wihler

We study the numerical approximation of linear-quadratic optimal control problems subject to the fractional Laplace equation with its spectral definition. We compute an approximation of the state equation using a discretization of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-09-28 Stefan Dohr , Christian Kahle , Sergejs Rogovs , Piotr Swierczynski

We consider an unregularized optimal control problem subject to the steady-state Navier-Stokes equations. We derive the existence of optimal solutions and prove first- and second-order optimality conditions. To approximate solutions to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Francisco Fuica , Nicolai Jork

This article examines the Dirichlet boundary control problem governed by the Poisson equation, where the control variables are square integrable functions defined on the boundary of a two dimensional bounded, convex, polygonal domain. It…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-12 Sudipto Chowdhury , Divay Garg

In this work, an adaptive edge element method is developed for an H(curl)-elliptic constrained optimal control problem. We use the lowest-order Nedelec's edge elements of first family and the piecewise (element-wise) constant functions to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-30 Bowen Li , Jun Zou

This paper develops a probabilistic numerical method for solution of partial differential equations (PDEs) and studies application of that method to PDE-constrained inverse problems. This approach enables the solution of challenging inverse…

Methodology · Statistics 2017-07-12 Jon Cockayne , Chris Oates , Tim Sullivan , Mark Girolami

This paper focuses on the quasi-optimality of an adaptive nonconforming finite element method for a distributed optimal control problem governed by the Stokes equation. The nonconforming lowest order Crouzeix-Raviart element and piecewise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Tooba M. Shaikh , Asha K. Dond

This paper is dedicated to the investigation of a new numerical method to approximate the optimal stopping problem for a discrete-time continuous state space Markov chain under partial observations. It is based on a two-step discretization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-02-16 Benoîte de Saporta , François Dufour , Christophe Nivot

The state-of-the art proof of a global inf-sup condition on mixed finite element schemes does not allow for an analysis of truly indefinite, second-order linear elliptic PDEs. This paper, therefore, first analyses a nonconforming finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-01-21 Carsten Carstensen , Asha K. Dond , Neela Nataraj , Amiya K. Pani

In this article a special class of nonlinear optimal control problems involving a bilinear term in the boundary condition is studied. These kind of problems arise for instance in the identification of an unknown space-dependent Robin…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Max Winkler

This work addresses optimal control problems governed by a linear time-dependent partial differential equation (PDE) as well as integer constraints on the control. Moreover, partial observations are assumed in the objective function. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-08 Dominik Garmatter , Margherita Porcelli , Francesco Rinaldi , Martin Stoll

In this paper, we propose a \( C^0 \)-conforming finite element method for the Chafee-Infante equation with a finite-parameter feedback control. We establish error analysis for both the state variable and the control variable for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Shishu Pal Singh , Sudeep Kundu

This paper introduces a discretization-accurate stopping criterion of symmetric iterative methods for solving systems of algebraic equations resulting from the finite element approximation. The stopping criterion consists of the evaluations…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-09-19 Zhiqiang Cai , Shuhao Cao , Robert D. Falgout

We shall develop a fully discrete space-time adaptive method for linear parabolic problems based on new reliable and efficient a posteriori analysis for higher order dG(s) finite element discretisations. The adaptive strategy is motivated…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-24 Fernando Gaspoz , Christian Kreuzer , Kunibert Siebert , Daniel Ziegler

In this paper, an abstract framework for the error analysis of discontinuous finite element method is developed for the distributed and Neumann boundary control problems governed by the stationary Stokes equation with control constraints.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-01 Asha K Dond , Thirupathi Gudi , Ramesh Ch. Sau

The numerical approximation of convection-dominated problems continues to remain subject of strong interest. Families of stabilization techniques for finite element methods were developed in the past. Adaptive techniques based on a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-20 Kristina Schwegler , Marius P. Bruchhäuser , Markus Bause

We propose new a posteriori error estimators for non-conforming finite element discretizations of second-order elliptic PDE problems. These estimators are based on novel reformulations of the standard Prager-Synge identity, and enable to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-22 T. Chaumont-Frelet

A numerical method is proposed for a class of stochastic control problems including singular behavior. This method solves an infinite-dimensional linear program equivalent to the stochastic control problem using a finite element type…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-06-11 Martin G. Vieten , Richard H. Stockbridge

In this paper, an efficient parallel splitting method is proposed for the optimal control problem with parabolic equation constraints. The linear finite element is used to approximate the state variable and the control variable in spatial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-21 Haiming Song , Jiachuan Zhang , Yongle Hao