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In this paper we obtain Sobolev estimates for weak solutions of first oder variational Mean Field Game systems with coupling terms that are local function of the density variable. Under some coercivity condition on the coupling, we obtain…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-01-25 P. Jameson Graber , Alpár R. Mészáros

We consider a typical problem in Mean Field Games: the congestion case, where in the cost that agents optimize there is a penalization for passing through zones with high density of agents, in a deterministic framework. This equilibrium…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-11-04 Filippo Santambrogio

A strategy for finding transition paths connecting two stable basins is presented. The starting point is the Hamilton principle of stationary action; we show how it can be transformed into a minimum principle through the addition of…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 Daniele Passerone , Matteo Ceccarelli , Michele Parrinello

This paper proposes a variational framework for multi-objective level set topology optimization. The approach interprets the level set function as a generalized coordinate of a fictitious material and derives its equation of motion from…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-25 Jan Oellerich , Takayuki Yamada

Optimal control problems are crucial in various domains, including path planning, robotics, and humanoid control, demonstrating their broad applicability. The connection between optimal control and Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) partial differential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-06 Tingwei Meng , Siting Liu , Wuchen Li , Stanley Osher

This paper studies the time-inconsistent MV optimal stopping problem via a game-theoretic approach to find equilibrium strategies. To overcome the mathematical intractability of direct equilibrium analysis, we propose a vanishing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-29 Yuchao Dong , Harry Zheng

The paper studies a system of first order Hamilton-Jacobi equations with discontinuous coefficients, arising from a model of deterministic optimal debt management in infinite time horizon, with exponential discount and currency devaluation.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-09 Antonio Marigonda , Khai T. Nguyen

We consider the problem of approximating ground states of one-dimensional quantum systems within the two most common variational ansatzes, namely the mean field ansatz and Matrix Product States. We show that both for mean field and for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-07-20 Norbert Schuch , J. Ignacio Cirac

We extend the variational approach to regularity for optimal transport maps initiated by Goldman and the first author to the case of general cost functions. Our main result is an $\epsilon$-regularity result for optimal transport maps…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-28 Felix Otto , Maxime Prod'homme , Tobias Ried

We formulate an optimization problem of Hamiltonian design based on the variational principle. Given a variational ansatz for a Hamiltonian we construct a loss function to be minimised as a weighted sum of relevant Hamiltonian properties…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-02 Kiryl Pakrouski

We study a class of local, first-order, stationary mean-field games (MFGs) on bounded domains with nonstandard mixed boundary conditions: prescribed inflow on $\Gamma_N$ and a relaxed Signorini-type exit condition on $\Gamma_D$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-03 AbdulRahman M. Alharbi , Diogo Gomes

We consider the primal and dual forms of the optimality conditions for PDE-contrained optimization problems arising in Data-Driven Computational Mechanics when specialized to the reaction-diffusion context. Starting with the continuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-24 Ramon Codina , Roberto Federico Ausas , Pedro Balbão Bazon , Cristian Guillermo Gebhardt

We consider the problem of time-optimal path planning for simple nonholonomic vehicles. In previous similar work, the vehicle has been simplified to a point mass and the obstacles have been stationary. Our formulation accounts for a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-22 Christian Parkinson , Madeline Ceccia

We present an algorithm for a multi-agent path planning problem with pattern coordination based on dynamic programming and a Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation. This falls broadly into the class of partial differential equation (PDE) based…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-28 Christian Parkinson , Adan Baca

This article proposes a numerical scheme for computing the evolution of vehicular traffic on a road network over a finite time horizon. The traffic dynamics on each link is modeled by the Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) partial differential equation…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-02-14 Yanning Li , Christian G. Claudel , Benedetto Piccoli , Daniel B. Work

In this article, we study the large time behavior of solutions of first-order Hamilton-Jacobi Equations, set in a bounded domain with nonlinear Neumann boundary conditions, including the case of dynamical boundary conditions. We establish…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-30 Guy Barles , Hiroyoshi Mitake , Hitoshi Ishii

This paper introduces an optimization problem (P) and a solution strategy to design variable-speed-limit controls for a highway that is subject to traffic congestion and uncertain vehicle arrival and departure. By employing a finite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-08 Dan Li , Dariush Fooladivanda , Sonia Martinez

We will study a linear first order system, a connection $\db$ problem, on a vector bundle equipped with a connection, over a Riemann surface. We show optimal conditions on the connection forms which allow one to find a holomorphic frame, or…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-09-19 Ben Sharp

This work focuses on the rate of convergence for singular perturbation problems for first-order Hamilton-Jacobi equations. As an application we derive the rate of convergence for singularly perturbed two-players zero-sum deterministic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-10 Piermarco Cannarsa , Cristian Mendico

We consider the problem of optimal path planning on a manifold which is the image of a smooth function. Optimal path-planning is of crucial importance for motion planning, image processing, and statistical data analysis. In this work, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-19 Edward Huynh , Christian Parkinson