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Space-time finite element discretizations of time-optimal control problems governed by linear parabolic PDEs and subject to pointwise control constraints are considered. Optimal a priori error estimates are obtained for the control variable…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-14 Lucas Bonifacius , Konstantin Pieper , Boris Vexler

This paper studies the partially observed stochastic optimal control problem for systems with state dynamics governed by partial differential equations (PDEs) that leads to an extremely large problem. First, an open-loop deterministic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-11-06 Dan Yu , Mohammadhussein Rafieisakhaei , Suman Chakravorty

Predicting outcomes and planning interactions with the physical world are long-standing goals for machine learning. A variety of such tasks involves continuous physical systems, which can be described by partial differential equations…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-01-22 Philipp Holl , Vladlen Koltun , Nils Thuerey

This work addresses optimal control problems governed by a linear time-dependent partial differential equation (PDE) as well as integer constraints on the control. Moreover, partial observations are assumed in the objective function. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-08 Dominik Garmatter , Margherita Porcelli , Francesco Rinaldi , Martin Stoll

The aim of this paper is to investigate the existence of optimal controls for systems described by stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs) with locally monotone coefficients controlled by different external forces which are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-29 Edson A. Coayla-Teran , Paulo M. Dias de Magalhães , Jorge Ferreira

This paper is concerned with developing and analyzing two novel implicit temporal discretization methods for the stochastic semilinear wave equations with multiplicative noise. The proposed methods are natural extensions of well-known…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-26 Xiaobing Feng , Yukun Li , Liet Vo

Spatially distributed problems are often approximately modelled in terms of partial differential equations (PDEs) for appropriate coarse-grained quantities (e.g. concentrations). The derivation of accurate such PDEs starting from finer…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2009-11-13 Liang Qiao , Radek Erban , C. T. Kelley , Ioannis G. Kevrekidis

For a class of ergodic parabolic semilinear stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs) with gradient structure, we introduce a preconditioning technique and design high-order integrators for the approximation of the invariant…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-22 Charles-Edouard Bréhier , Adrien Busnot Laurent , Arnaud Debussche , Gilles Vilmart

We propose an {\em implementable} numerical scheme for the discretization of linear-quadratic optimal control problems involving SDEs in higher dimensions with {\em control constraint}. For time discretization, we employ the implicit Euler…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-12-12 Abhishek Chaudhary

This paper develops and analyzes an optimal-order semi-discrete scheme and its fully discrete finite element approximation for nonlinear stochastic elastic wave equations with multiplicative noise. A non-standard time-stepping scheme is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-08 Xiaobing Feng , Yukun Li , Liet Vo

This article provides a brief review of recent developments on two nonlocal operators: fractional Laplacian and fractional time derivative. We start by accounting for several applications of these operators in imaging science, geophysics,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-28 Harbir Antil , Thomas S. Brown , Ratna Khatri , Akwum Onwunta , Deepanshu Verma , Mahamadi Warma

The stochastic time-fractional equation $\partial_t \psi -\Delta\partial_t^{1-\alpha} \psi = f + \dot W$ with space-time white noise $\dot W$ is discretized in time by a backward-Euler convolution quadrature for which the sharp-order error…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-09 Max Gunzburger , Buyang Li , Jilu Wang

This paper deals with time-optimal control of nonlinear continuous-time systems based on direct collocation. The underlying discretization grid is variable in time, as the time intervals are subject to optimization. This technique differs…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-26 Christoph Rösmann , Artemi Makarow , Torsten Bertram

This work establishes a general stochastic maximum principle for partially observed optimal control of semi-linear stochastic partial differential equations in a nonconvex control domain. The state evolves in a Hilbert space driven by a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-22 Yanzhao Cao , Hongjiang Qian , George Yin

In this paper, we study numerical approximations for optimal control of a class of stochastic partial differential equations with partial observations. The system state evolves in a Hilbert space, whereas observations are given in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-02 Feng Bao , Yanzhao Cao , Hongjiang Qian

The paper studies the well-posedness and optimal error estimates of spectral finite element approximations for the boundary value problems of semi-linear elliptic SPDEs driven by white or colored Gaussian noises. The noise term is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-08 Yanzhao Cao , Jialin Hong , Zhihui Liu

The optimal stochastic control problem with a quadratic cost functional for linear partial differential equations (PDEs) driven by a state-and control-dependent white noise is formulated and studied. Both finite-and infinite-time horizons…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-17 Ying Hu , Shanjian Tang

We study the spatio-temporal prediction problem and introduce a novel point-process-based prediction algorithm. Spatio-temporal prediction is extensively studied in Machine Learning literature due to its critical real-life applications such…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-03-17 Oguzhan Karaahmetoglu , Suleyman S. Kozat

We study optimal control problems that are governed by semilinear elliptic partial differential equations that involve non-Lipschitzian nonlinearities. It is shown that, for a certain class of such PDEs, the solution map is Fr\'{e}chet…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-03 Constantin Christof

We study the spatial homogenisation of parabolic linear stochastic PDEs exhibiting a two-scale structure both at the level of the linear operator and at the level of the Gaussian driving noise. We show that in some cases, in particular when…

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