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We consider a $C^1-$semilinear elliptic optimal control problem possibly subject to control and/or state constraints. Generalizing previous work we provide a condition which guarantees that a solution of the necessary first order conditions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-27 A. Ahmad Ali , K. Deckelnick , M. Hinze

This paper provides necessary conditions of optimality for optimal control problems with time delays in both state and control variables. Different versions of the necessary conditions cover fixed end-time problems and, under additional…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-01-09 Andrea Boccia , Richard B. Vinter

A notion of $L^p$-exact controllability is introduced for linear controlled (forward) stochastic differential equations, for which several sufficient conditions are established. Further, it is proved that the $L^p$-exact controllability,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-03-28 Yanqing Wang , Donghui Yang , Jiongmin Yong , Zhiyong Yu

In this work, we consider optimality conditions of an optimal control problem governed by an obstacle problem. Here, we focus on introducing a, matrix valued, control variable as the coefficients of the obstacle problem. As it is well…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Nicolai Simon , Winnifried Wollner

We consider an optimal control problem where the state is governed by a free boundary problem called the two-phase membrane problem and the control appears in the coefficients of the characteristic function of the positivity and negativity…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-20 Farid Bozorgnia , Vyacheslav Kungurtsev

We establish the existence of an optimal control for a general class of singular control problems with state constraints. The proof uses weak convergence arguments and a time rescaling technique. The existence of optimal controls for…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Amarjit Budhiraja , Kevin Ross

In this paper we consider optimal control problems where the control variable is a potential and the state equation is an elliptic partial differential equation of a Schr\"odinger type, governed by the Laplace operator. The cost functional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-07 Giuseppe Buttazzo , Juan Casado_Díaz , Faustino Maestre

A family of optimal control problems for a single and two coupled spinning particles in the Euler-Lagrange formalism is discussed. A characteristic of such problems is that the equations controlling the system are implicit and a reduction…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-01-20 M. Delgado-Téllez , A. Ibort , T. Rodríguez de la Peña , R. Salmoni

Infinite horizon open loop optimal control problems for semilinear parabolic equations are investigated. The controls are subject to a cost-functional which promotes sparsity in time. The focus is put on deriving first order optimality…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-14 Eduardo Casas , Karl Kunisch

In this paper we discuss the numerical solution of elliptic distributed optimal control problems with state or control constraints when the control is considered in the energy norm. As in the unconstrained case we can relate the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-28 Peter Gangl , Richard Löscher , Olaf Steinbach

A dual control problem is presented for the optimal stochastic control of a system governed by partial differential equations. Relationships between the optimal values of the original and the dual problems are investigated and two duality…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-05-03 Shinji Tanimoto

An optimal control problem subject to an elliptic obstacle problem is studied. We obtain a numerical approximation of this problem by discretising the PDE obtained via a Moreau--Yosida type penalisation. For the resulting discrete control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-22 Ahmad Ahmad Ali , Klaus Deckelnick , Michael Hinze

This paper is concerned with optimal control problems for parabolic partial differential equations with pointwise in time switching constraints on the control. A standard approach to treat constraints in nonlinear optimization is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-30 Christian Clason , Armin Rund , Karl Kunisch

The paper puts forward sufficient conditions for local controllability of a control dynamical system. The results obtained are meaningful in the case when the linear approximation to this system is not completely controllable. As a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-05 E. R. Avakov , G. G. Magaril-Il'yaev

In this paper we study the existence, regularity and geometric properties of an optimal configuration to a free boundary optimization problem governed by the $p$-Laplacian.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-07-29 Krerley Oliveira , Eduardo Teixeira

This paper presents sufficient conditions for optimal control of systems with dynamics given by a linear operator, in order to obtain an explicit solution to the Bellman equation that can be calculated in a distributed fashion. Further, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-19 David Ohlin , Richard Pates , Murat Arcak

In this paper we consider an optimal control problem (OCP) for the coupled system of a nonlinear monotone Dirichlet problem with matrix- valued non-smooth controls in coefficients and a nonlinear equation of Ham- merstein type. Since…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-28 Olha P. Kupenko , Rosanna Manzo

In this paper we study the optimal control of a class of semilinear elliptic partial differential equations which have nonlinear constituents that are only accessible by data and are approximated by nonsmooth ReLU neural networks. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-24 Guozhi Dong , Michael Hintermüller , Kostas Papafitsoros , Kathrin Völkner

Necessary optimality conditions and numerical methods for solving an optimal control problem for a linear continuous-time dynanical system with controlled coefficients and quadratic goal functional are discussed.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-04-20 Olga V. Baturina , Alexander V. Bulatov , Vadim F. Krotov

In this article we study optimal control problems for systems that are affine in one part of the control variable. Finitely many equality and inequality constraints on the initial and final values of the state are considered. We investigate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-15 M. Soledad Aronna