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We discuss a mathematical framework for analysis of optimal control problems on infinite-dimensional manifolds. Such problems arise in study of optimization for partial differential equations with some symmetry. It is shown that some…
A special class of optimal control problems with complementarity constraints on the control functions is studied. It is shown that such problems possess optimal solutions whenever the underlying control space is a first-order Sobolev space.…
The mathematical modeling of numerous real-world applications results in hierarchical optimization problems with two decision makers where at least one of them has to solve an optimal control problem of ordinary or partial differential…
We consider a stochastic control problem where the set of controls is not necessarily convex and the system is governed by a nonlinear backward stochastic differential equation. We establish necessary as well as sufficient conditions of…
This work deals with the study of an optimal control of a system of nonlinear differential equations using the Bagarello's operator approach, recently introduced in a paper (Int. Jour. of Theoretical Physics, 43, issue 12 (2004), p. 2371 -…
In this note, we develop the first-order theory of optimal control problems with box constraints on the control. We emphasize the precise modification of Pontryagin's maximum principle when the admissible control set is compact, the…
This short note shows how to solve optimal control problems using second order sensitivity analysis
We consider an optimal control problem for infinite horizon systems governed by coupled forward-backward stochastic Volterra integral equations with delay. Using Hida-Malliavin calculus, we prove both sufficient and necessary maximum…
We prove necessary optimality conditions of Pontryagin type for a class of fuzzy fractional optimal control problems with the fuzzy fractional derivative described in the Caputo sense. The new results are illustrated by computing the…
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,…
This paper studies a time optimal control problem with control constraints of the rectangular type for the linear multi-input time-varying ordinary differential equations. The aims of this study are to establish certain necessary and…
This paper focuses on optimal control problem for a class of discrete-time nonlinear systems. In practical applications, computation time is a crucial consideration when solving nonlinear optimal control problems, especially under real-time…
We study the problem of optimal inside control of a stochastic Volterra equation driven by a Brownian motion and a Poisson random measure. We prove a sufficient and a necessary maximum principle for the optimal control when the trader has…
The paper presents an approach to studying optimal control problems in the space of nonnegative measures with dynamics given by a nonlocal balance law. This approach relies on transforming the balance law into a continuity equation in the…
We study the singular stochastic optimal control problem with model uncertainty, where the necessary conditions determined by the corresponding maximum principle are trivial. Robust integral form and pointwise second order necessary…
We consider a bilinear optimal control for an evolution equation involving the fractional Laplace operator of order $0<s<1$. We first give some existence and uniqueness results for the considered evolution equation. Next, we establish some…
We provide an improvement of the maximum principle of Pontryagin of the Optimal Control problems. We establish differentiability properties of the value function of problems of Optimal Control with assumptions as low as possible. Notably,…
We derive a Maximum Principle for optimal control problems with constraints given by the coupling of a system of ODEs and a PDE of Vlasov-type. Such problems arise naturally as ${\Gamma}$-limits of optimal control problems subject to ODE…
We address Newton-type problems of minimal resistance from an optimal control perspective. It is proven that for Newton-type problems the Pontryagin maximum principle is a necessary and sufficient condition. Solutions are then computed for…
We study optimal bilinear control problems for stochastic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations in both the mass subcritical and critical case. For general initial data of the minimal L2 regularity, we prove the existence and first order…