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We consider a class of stochastic optimal control problems with partial observation, and study their approximation by discrete-time control problems. We establish a convergence result by using weak convergence technique of Kushner and…

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We consider an unregularized optimal control problem subject to the steady-state Navier-Stokes equations. We derive the existence of optimal solutions and prove first- and second-order optimality conditions. To approximate solutions to the…

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We study an optimal relaxed control problem for a class of semilinear stochastic PDEs on Banach spaces perturbed by multiplicative noise and driven by a cylindrical Wiener process. The state equation is controlled through the nonlinear part…

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The optimal control problem for discrete-time systems with colored multiplicative noise is discussed in this paper. The problem will be more difficult to deal with than the case of white noise due to the correlation of the adjoining state.…

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This paper is dedicated to the investigation of a new numerical method to approximate the optimal stopping problem for a discrete-time continuous state space Markov chain under partial observations. It is based on a two-step discretization…

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In this paper, we consider linear quadratic optimal control with mean-field type for discrete-time stochastic systems with state and control dependent noise. An optimal control problem is studied for a linear mean-field stochastic…

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We consider an optimal control problem where the state equations are a coupled hyperbolic-elliptic system. This system arises in elastodynamics with piezoelectric effects -- the elastic stress tensor is a function of elastic displacement…

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Strong approximation errors of both finite element semi-discretization and spatio-temporal full discretization are analyzed for the stochastic Allen-Cahn equation driven by additive noise in space dimension $d \leq 3$. The full…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-04 Ruisheng Qi , Xiaojie Wang

In this paper, we are concerned with a stochastic optimal control problem of mean-field type under partial observation, where the state equation is governed by the controlled nonlinear mean-field stochastic differential equation, moreover…

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In this paper we study the finite-horizon optimal covariance steering problem for a continuous-time linear stochastic system subject to both additive and multiplicative noise. The noise can be continuous or it may contain jumps. Additive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-30 Fengjiao Liu , Panagiotis Tsiotras

We study the numerical approximation of linear-quadratic optimal control problems subject to the fractional Laplace equation with its spectral definition. We compute an approximation of the state equation using a discretization of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-09-28 Stefan Dohr , Christian Kahle , Sergejs Rogovs , Piotr Swierczynski

We consider a one dimensional elliptic distributed optimal control problem with pointwise constraints on the derivative of the state. By exploiting the variational inequality satisfied by the derivative of the optimal state, we obtain…

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This work investigates a fully discrete mixed finite element method for the stochastic Boussinesq system driven by multiplicative noise. The spatial discretization is performed using a standard mixed finite element method, while the…

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This paper is concerned with fully discrete mixed finite element approximations of the time-dependent stochastic Stokes equations with multiplicative noise. A prototypical method, which comprises of the Euler-Maruyama scheme for time…

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We investigate a fully discrete finite element approximation for the stochastic Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation, combining the standard finite element methods in spatial discretization with the implicit Euler-Maruyama scheme in time. Rigorous…

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This paper focuses on deriving optimal-order full moment error estimates in strong norms for both velocity and pressure approximations in the Euler-Maruyama time discretization of the stochastic Navier-Stokes equations with multiplicative…

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The purpose of this work is the development of space-time discretization schemes for phase-field optimal control problems. First, a time discretization of the forward problem is derived using a discontinuous Galerkin formulation. Here, a…

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Consider the following stochastic differential equation driven by multiplicative noise on $\mathbb{R}^d$ with a superlinearly growing drift coefficient, \begin{align*} \mathrm{d} X_t = b (X_t) \, \mathrm{d} t + \sigma (X_t) \, \mathrm{d}…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-05-07 Xiang Li , Yingjun Mo , Haoran Yang

Control of continuous time dynamics with multiplicative noise is a classic topic in stochastic optimal control. This work addresses the problem of designing infinite horizon optimal controls with stability guarantees for \textit{a single…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-02 Kaivalya Bakshi , Evangelos A. Theodorou , Piyush Grover