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We derive a-priori error estimates for the finite-element approximation of a distributed optimal control problem governed by the steady one-dimensional Burgers equation with pointwise box constraints on the control. Here the approximation…

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For finite-dimensional problems, stochastic approximation methods have long been used to solve stochastic optimization problems. Their application to infinite-dimensional problems is less understood, particularly for nonconvex objectives.…

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This paper presents an algorithm to solve non-convex optimal control problems, where non-convexity can arise from nonlinear dynamics, and non-convex state and control constraints. This paper assumes that the state and control constraints…

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We consider an optimization problem with strongly convex objective and linear inequalities constraints. To be able to deal with a large number of constraints we provide a penalty reformulation of the problem. As penalty functions we use a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-29 Angelia Nedich , Tatiana Tatarenko

We consider the numerical approximation of acoustic wave propagation problems by mixed BDM(k+1)-P(k) finite elements on unstructured meshes. Optimal convergence of the discrete velocity and super-convergence of the pressure by one order are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-27 Herbert Egger , Bogdan Radu

In this article, we develop a posteriori error analysis of a nonconforming finite element method for a linear quadratic elliptic distributed optimal control problem with two different set of constraints, namely (i) integral state constraint…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-09 Kamana Porwal , Pratibha Shakya

A low-order nonconforming finite element discretization of a smooth de Rham complex starting from the $H^2$ space in three dimensions is proposed, involving an $H^2$-nonconforming finite element space, a new tangentially continuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-05 Xuewei Cui , Xuehai Huang

This study develops a framework for a class of constant modulus (CM) optimization problems, which covers binary constraints, discrete phase constraints, semi-orthogonal matrix constraints, non-negative semi-orthogonal matrix constraints,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-12 Junbin Liu , Ya Liu , Wing-Kin Ma , Mingjie Shao , Anthony Man-Cho So

We develop and evaluate a method for learning solution operators to nonlinear problems governed by partial differential equations (PDEs). The approach is based on a finite element discretization and aims at representing the solution…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-10 Mats G. Larson , Carl Lundholm , Anna Persson

We present a numerical method for the minimization of objectives that are augmented with large quadratic penalties of overdetermined inconsistent equality constraints. Such objectives arise from quadratic integral penalty methods for the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-15 Martin P. Neuenhofen , Eric C. Kerrigan

PDE-constrained optimal control problems require regularisation to ensure well-posedness, introducing small perturbations that make the solutions challenging to approximate accurately. We propose a finite element approach that couples both…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-17 Jenny Power , Tristan Pryer

Many nonlinear optimal control and optimization problems involve constraints that combine continuous dynamics with discrete logic conditions. Standard approaches typically rely on mixed-integer programming, which introduces scalability…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-08 Jad Wehbeh , Eric C. Kerrigan

We propose and analyze an unfitted finite element method for solving elliptic problems on domains with curved boundaries and interfaces. The approximation space on the whole domain is obtained by the direct extension of the finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-28 Fanyi Yang , Xiaoping Xie

In this paper, we consider a class of time-optimal control problems governed by linear parabolic equations with mixed control-state constraints and end-point constraints, and without Tikhonov regularization term in the objective function.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-04 Huynh Khanh , Bui Trong Kien

The superior performance of ensemble methods with infinite models are well known. Most of these methods are based on optimization problems in infinite-dimensional spaces with some regularization, for instance, boosting methods and convex…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-12-18 Atsushi Nitanda , Taiji Suzuki

Semi-infinite programming can be used to model a large variety of complex optimization problems. The simple description of such problems comes at a price: semi-infinite problems are often harder to solve than finite nonlinear problems. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-01 Tobias Seidel , Karl-Heinz Küfer

This paper presents a new deep learning-based framework for robust nonlinear estimation and control using the concept of a Neural Contraction Metric (NCM). The NCM uses a deep long short-term memory recurrent neural network for a global…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-20 Hiroyasu Tsukamoto , Soon-Jo Chung

This paper analyzes an interface-unfitted numerical method for distributed optimal control problems governed by elliptic interface equations. We follow the variational discretization concept to discretize the optimal control problems, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-05 Tao Wang , Chaochao Yang , Xiaoping Xie

This paper develops a unified high-order accumulative regularization (AR) framework for convex and uniformly convex gradient norm minimization. Existing high-order methods often exhibit a gap: the function-value residual decreases fast,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-13 Yao Ji , Guanghui Lan

We propose a linear finite-element discretization of Dirichlet problems for static Hamilton-Jacobi equations on unstructured triangulations. The discretization is based on simplified localized Dirichlet problems that are solved by a local…

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