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In this article, we derive first-order necessary optimality conditions for a constrained optimal control problem formulated in the Wasserstein space of probability measures. To this end, we introduce a new notion of localised metric…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-28 Benoît Bonnet , Hélène Frankowska

We study a stochastic control problem for nonlinear systems governed by stochastic differential equations with irregular drift. The drift coefficient is assumed to decompose as $b(t,x,a)=b_1(t,x)+b_2(x)b_3(t,a)$, where $b_1$ is bounded and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-02 Antoine Marie Bogso , Rhoss Likibi Pellat , Wilfried Kuissi Kamdem , Olivier Menoukeu Pamen

This paper studies the memory-type null controllability of a class of one-dimensional non-autonomous degenerate parabolic equations with Volterra-type memory terms. The diffusion operator is considered in both divergence and non-divergence…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-06 Dev Prakash Jha , Raju K. George

In this paper, we investigate an optimal control problem for McKean-Vlasov stochastic partial differential equations, in which the coefficients depend on the law of the state process. For systems with nonconvex control sets, we establish a…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-03-09 Liangying Chen , Wilhelm Stannat

In this paper we investigate a variational discretization for the class of mechanical systems in presence of symmetries described by the action of a Lie group which reduces the phase space to a (non-trivial) principal bundle. By introducing…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-07-17 Anthony Bloch , Leonardo Colombo , Fernando Jiménez

This paper is concerned with the maximum principle of stochastic optimal control problems, where the coefficients of the state equation and the cost functional are uncertain, and the system is generally under Markovian regime switching.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-15 Tao Hao , Jiaqiang Wen , Jie Xiong

In this paper we are concerned with a class of stochastic Volterra integro-differential problems with completely monotone kernels, where we assume that the noise enters the system when we introduce a control. We start by reformulating the…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-12-19 Fulvia Confortola , Elisa Mastrogiacomo

We prove a Pontryagin Maximum Principle for optimal control problems in the space of probability measures, where the dynamics is given by a transport equation with non-local velocity. We formulate this first-order optimality condition using…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-28 Benoît Bonnet , Francesco Rossi

We study, in a unified way, the following questions related to the properties of Pontryagin extremals for optimal control problems with unrestricted controls: i) How the transformations, which define the equivalence of two problems,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-09-19 Delfim F. M. Torres

In this paper we are concerned with a new type of backward equations with anticipation which we call neutral backward stochastic functional differential equations. We obtain the existence and uniqueness and prove a comparison theorem. As an…

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

A geometric approach to time-dependent optimal control problems is proposed. This formulation is based on the Skinner and Rusk formalism for Lagrangian and Hamiltonian systems. The corresponding unified formalism developed for optimal…

A geometric method is described to characterize the different kinds of extremals in optimal control theory. This comes from the use of a presymplectic constraint algorithm starting from the necessary conditions given by Pontryagin's Maximum…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2008-02-06 Maria Barbero-Liñan , Miguel C. Muñoz-Lecanda

Models involving hybrid systems are versatile in their application but difficult to optimize efficiently due to their combinatorial nature. This work presents a method to cope with hybrid optimal control problems which, in contrast to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Viktoriya Nikitina , Alberto De Marchi , Matthias Gerdts

Motivated by a problem of optimal harvesting of natural resources, we study a control problem for Volterra type dynamics driven by time-changed L\'evy noises, which are in general not Markovian. To exploit the nature of the noise, we make…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-03-07 Giulia di Nunno , Michele Giordano

This article develops variational integrators for a class of underactuated mechanical systems using the theory of discrete mechanics. Further, a discrete optimal control problem is formulated for the considered class of systems and…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-11-16 Siddharth H. Nair , Ravi N. Banavar

We consider the free endpoint Mayer problem for a controlled Moreau process, the control acting as a perturbation of the dynamics driven by the normal cone, and derive necessary optimality conditions of Pontryagin's Maximum Principle type.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-10-31 Chems Eddine Arroud , Giovanni Colombo

We develop a Monte-Carlo based numerical method for solving discrete-time stochastic optimal control problems with inventory. These are optimal control problems in which the control affects only a deterministically evolving inventory…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-05 Alessandro Balata , Jan Palczewski

We analyze, in two dimensions, an optimal control problem for the Navier--Stokes equations where the control variable corresponds to the amplitude of forces modeled as point sources; control constraints are also considered. This particular…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-19 Francisco Fuica , Felipe Lepe , Enrique Otarola , Daniel Quero

A general and new stochastic linear quadratic optimal control problem is studied, where the coefficients are allowed to be time-varying, and both state delay and control delay can appear simultaneously in the state equation and the cost…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Weijun Meng , Tianxiao Wang , Ji-Feng Zhang

In this paper we study a distributed control problem for a phase-field system of conserved type with a possibly singular potential. We mainly handle two cases: the case of a viscous Cahn-Hilliard type dynamics for the phase variable in case…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-12 P. Colli , G. Gilardi , G. Marinoschi , E. Rocca