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This paper deals with the optimization of Bolza problem with a system of convex and nonconvex, discrete and differential state variable inequality constraints of second order by deriving necessary and sufficient conditions for optimality.…
This paper investigates the stochastic linear-quadratic control problems with affine constraints, in which both equality and inequality constraints are involved. With the help of the Pontryagin maximum principle and Lagrangian duality…
In this paper, we analyse control affine optimal control problems with a cost functional involving the absolute value of the control. The Pontryagin extremals associated with such systems are given by (possible) concatenations of bang arcs…
This paper investigates the optimal control problem for a class of nonlinear fully coupled forward-backward stochastic difference equations (FBS$\Delta$Es). Under the convexity assumption of the control domain, we establish a variational…
In this paper we deal with infinite horizon optimal control problems. Basing on weak variations in an extremal problem in weighted function spaces we prove necessary conditions in form of the adjoint equation and a variational inequality.…
In this paper we summarize our results in infinite horizon optimal control. We present optimality conditions for weak local minimizer in the framework of weighted functions. Moreover we formulate the Pontryagin Maximum Principle for strong…
In the paper we consider the infinite horizon control problems on the interval with free right-hand endpoint. We obtain the necessary conditions of strict optimality. The method of the proof actually follows the classic paper by Halkin, and…
This article investigates the existence and uniqueness of solutions to the second order Volterra integrodifferential equations with nonlocal and boundary conditions through its integral equivalent equations and fixed point of Banach.…
We consider a control-constrained optimal control problem subject to time-harmonic Maxwell's equations; the control variable belongs to a finite-dimensional set and enters the state equation as a coefficient. We derive existence of optimal…
In this chapter, we are concerned with inverse optimal control problems, i.e., optimization models which are used to identify parameters in optimal control problems from given measurements. Here, we focus on linear-quadratic optimal control…
We show that mean field optimal controls satisfy a first order optimality condition (at a.e. time) without any a priori requirement on their spatial regularity. This principle is obtained by a careful limit procedure of the Pontryagin…
This article deals with a stochastic control problem for certain fluids of non-Newtonian type. More precisely, the state equation is given by the two-dimensional stochastic second grade fluids perturbed by a multiplicative white noise. The…
We prove a duality relation and an integration by parts formula for fractional operators with a general analytical kernel. Based on these basic results, we are able to prove a new Gronwall's inequality and continuity and differentiability…
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…
We consider optimal control problems governed by systems describing the flow of an incompressible second grade fluid with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We prove the existence of an optimal solution, derive the corresponding necessary…
We consider bilinear optimal control problems, whose objective functionals do not depend on the controls. Hence, bang-bang solutions will appear. We investigate sufficient second-order conditions for bang-bang controls, which guarantee…
A mathematical framework for optimal bilinear control of nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations of Gross-Pitaevskii type arising in the description of Bose-Einstein condensates is presented. The obtained results generalize earlier efforts found…
In this paper we combine two main topics in mechanics and optimal control theory: contact Hamiltonian systems and Pontryagin Maximum Principle. As an important result, among others, we develop a contact Pontryagin Maximum Principle that…
We consider a series of optimal control problems with 2-dimensional control lying in an arbitrary convex compact set $\Omega$. The considered problems are well studied for the case when $\Omega$ is a unit disc, but barely studied for…
In this study, we consider an optimal control problem driven by a stochastic differential equation with state constraints. Here, the state constraints mean the constraints about the path of state. In order to show the maximum principe for…