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We present a new error analysis for finite element methods for a linear-quadratic elliptic optimal control problem with Neumann boundary control and pointwise control constraints. It can be applied to standard finite element methods when…

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In this paper, optimal control problems governed by diffusion equations with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions are investigated in the framework of the gradient discretisation method. Gradient schemes are defined for the optimality…

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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…

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We consider an elliptic optimal control problem where the objective functional contains evaluations of the state at a finite number of points. In particular, we use a fidelity term that encourages the state to take certain values at these…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-11-19 C. Brett , A. S. Dedner , C. M. Elliott

We analyze the finite element discretization of distributed elliptic optimal control problems with variable energy regularization, where the usual $L^2(\Omega)$ norm regularization term with a constant regularization parameter $\varrho$ is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-15 Ulrich Langer , Richard Löscher , Olaf Steinbach , Huidong Yang

This paper aims to study the convergence of adaptive finite element method for control constrained elliptic optimal control problems under $L^2$-norm. We prove the contraction property and quasi-optimal complexity for the $L^2$-norm errors…

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In this work, an adaptive edge element method is developed for an H(curl)-elliptic constrained optimal control problem. We use the lowest-order Nedelec's edge elements of first family and the piecewise (element-wise) constant functions to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-30 Bowen Li , Jun Zou

We investigate optimal control problems governed by the elliptic partial differential equation $-\Delta u=f$ subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions on a given domain $\Omega$. The control variable in this setting is the right-hand side…

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In this paper we present a finite element analysis for a Dirichlet boundary control problem governed by the Stokes equation. The Dirichlet control is considered in a convex closed subset of the energy space $\mathbf{H}^1(\Omega).$ Most of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-01 Thirupathi Gudi , Ramesh Ch. Sau

The paper deals with finite element approximations of elliptic Dirichlet boundary control problems posed on two-dimensional polygonal domains. Error estimates are derived for the approximation of the control and the state variables. Special…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-01-28 Thomas Apel , Mariano Mateos , Johannes Pfefferer , Arnd Rösch

We present a numerical approximation method for linear diffusion-reaction problems with possibly discontinuous Dirichlet boundary conditions. The solution of such problems can be represented as a linear combination of explicitly known…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-07-05 Ramona Baumann , Thomas P. Wihler

In this paper, we carry out the numerical analysis of a nonsmooth quasilinear elliptic optimal control problem, where the coefficient in the divergence term of the corresponding state equation is not differentiable with respect to the state…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-02-23 Christian Clason , Vu Huu Nhu , Arnd Rösch

We investigate the Dirichlet boundary control of the Laplace equation, considering the control in $H^{1/2}(\partial \Omega)$, which is the natural space for Dirichlet data when the state belongs to $H^1(\Omega)$. The cost of the control is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-17 Ulrich Langer , Richard Löscher , Olaf Steinbach , Huidong Yang

We consider a distributed optimal control problem subject to a parabolic evolution equation as constraint. The control will be considered in the energy norm of the anisotropic Sobolev space $[H_{0;,0}^{1,1/2}(Q)]^\ast$, such that the state…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-14 Richard Löscher , Michael Reichelt , Olaf Steinbach

We show error estimates for a cut finite element approximation of a second order elliptic problem with mixed boundary conditions. The error estimates are of low regularity type where we consider the case when the exact solution $u \in H^s$…

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In this paper we study the mixed virtual element approximation to an elliptic optimal control problem with boundary observations. The objective functional of this type of optimal control problem contains the outward normal derivatives of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-19 Minghui Yang , Zhaojie Zhou

In \cite{cheung2019optimally}, the authors presented two finite element methods for approximating second order boundary value problems on polytopial meshes with optimal accuracy without having to utilize curvilinear mappings. This was done…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-11 James Cheung

We show that optimal $L^2$-convergence in the finite element method on quasi-uniform meshes can be achieved if, for some $s_0 > 1/2$, the boundary value problem has the mapping property $H^{-1+s} \rightarrow H^{1+s}$ for $s \in [0,s_0]$.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-04-29 T. Horger , J. M. Melenk , B. Wohlmuth

We consider a linear-quadratic elliptic optimal control problem with point evaluations of the state variable in the cost functional. The state variable is discretized by conforming linear finite elements. For control discretization, three…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-02-09 Niklas Behringer , Dominik Meidner , Boris Vexler

In this paper, a quadratic optimal control problem is considered for second-order parabolic PDEs with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions, in which the "point" control function (depending only on time) constitutes a source term. These…

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