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We study optimal control of stochastic Volterra integral equations (SVIE) with jumps by using Hida-Malliavin calculus. - We give conditions under which there exists unique solutions of such equations. - Then we prove both a sufficient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-07 Nacira Agram , Bernt Øksendal , Samia Yakhlef

We establish a Pontryagin maximum principle for discrete time optimal control problems under the following three types of constraints: a) constraints on the states pointwise in time, b) constraints on the control actions pointwise in time,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-27 Pradyumna Paruchuri , Debasish Chatterjee

We establish a variety of results extending the well-known Pontryagin maximum principle of optimal control to discrete-time optimal control problems posed on smooth manifolds. These results are organized around a new theorem on critical and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-07-14 Robert Kipka , Rohit Gupta

We study a class of optimal control problems governed by nonlinear stochastic equations of monotone type under certain coercivity and linear growth conditions. We give first order necessary conditions of optimality. A stochastic Pontryagin…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-24 Ioana Ciotir , Nicolas Forcadel , Piero Visconti , Hasnaa Zidani

In this paper, the optimal control problem of neutral stochastic functional differential equation (NSFDE) is discussed. A class of so-called neutral backward stochastic functional equations of Volterra type (VNBSFEs) are introduced as the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-01-15 Wenning Wei

An optimal control problem associated with the dynamics of the orientation of a bipolar molecule in the plane can be understood by means of tools in differential geometry. For first time in the literature $k$-symplectic formalism is used to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-10-26 María Barbero-Liñán , Miguel C. Muñoz-Lecanda

We obtain a discrete time analog of E. Noether's theorem in Optimal Control, asserting that integrals of motion associated to the discrete time Pontryagin Maximum Principle can be computed from the quasi-invariance properties of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Delfim F. M. Torres

This paper addresses the time-optimal control problem for a class of control systems which includes controlled mechanical systems with possible dissipation terms. The Lie algebras associated with such mechanical systems enjoy certain…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 M. Chyba , N. E. Leonard , E. D. Sontag

In this paper, we consider optimal control problems of stochastic Volterra equations (SVEs) with singular kernels, where the control domain is not necessarily convex. We establish a global maximum principle by means of the spike variation…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-03-11 Yushi Hamaguchi

In this note, we develop the first-order theory of optimal control problems with box constraints on the control. We emphasize the precise modification of Pontryagin's maximum principle when the admissible control set is compact, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Louis Shuo Wang

The necessary conditions for an optimal control of a stochastic control problem with recursive utilities is investigated. The first order condition is the the well-known Pontryagin type maximum principle. When the optimal control satisfying…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-27 Yuchao Dong , Qingxin Meng

The aim of this notes is to give a concise introduction to control theory for systems governed by stochastic partial differential equations. We shall mainly focus on controllability and optimal control problems for these systems. For the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-01-27 Qi Lü , Xu Zhang

This paper is dedicated to the elementary proof of Pontryagin's maximum principle for problems with free right end point. The proof for the standard problem is taken from the monography of Ioffe and Tichomirov. We assume piecewise…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-13 Nico Tauchnitz

This paper is devoted to the stochastic optimal control problems for systems governed by forward-backward stochastic Volterra integral equations (FBSVIEs, for short) with state constraints. Using Ekeland's variational principle, we obtain…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-12-03 Qingmeng Wei , Xinling Xiao

We consider optimal control problems, where the control appears in the main part of the operator. We derive the Pontryagin maximum principle as a necessary optimality condition. The proof uses the concept of topological derivatives. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-01 Daniel Wachsmuth

Optimal control problems of forward-backward stochastic Volterra integral equations (FBSVIEs, in short) with closed control regions are formulated and studied. Instead of using spike variation method as one may imagine, here we turn to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-02-19 Tianxiao Wang , Haisen Zhang

We investigate optimal control problems with $L^0$ constraints, which restrict the measure of the support of the controls. We prove necessary optimality conditions of Pontryagin maximum principle type. Here, a special control perturbation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-04 Daniel Wachsmuth

The paper concerns the study of the Pontryagin Maximum Principle for an infinite dimensional and infinite horizon boundary control problem for linear partial differential equations. The optimal control model has already been studied both in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-11-26 Silvia Faggian

We prove a version of the maximum principle, in the sense of Pontryagin, for the optimal control of a stochastic partial differential equation driven by a finite dimensional Wiener process. The equation is formulated in a semi-abstract form…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-02-05 Marco Fuhrman , Ying Hu , Gianmario Tessitore

An optimal control problem for a semilinear elliptic equation of divergence form is considered. Both the leading term and the semilinear term of the state equation contain the control. The well-known Pontryagin type maximum principle for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-28 Hongwei Lou , Jiongmin Yong