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We consider space-time tracking optimal control problems for linear para\-bo\-lic initial boundary value problems that are given in the space-time cylinder $Q = \Omega \times (0,T)$, and that are controlled by the right-hand side…
We consider a linear non-local heat equation in a bounded domain $\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^d$, $d\geq 1$, with Dirichlet boundary conditions, where the non-locality is given by the presence of an integral kernel. Motivated by several…
In this paper we study we study a Dirichlet optimal control prob- lem associated with a linear elliptic equation the coefficients of which we take as controls in the class of integrable functions. The characteristic feature of this control…
This paper considers the finite element approximation to parabolic optimal control problems with measure data in a nonconvex polygonal domain. Such problems usually possess low regularity in the state variable due to the presence of measure…
The ubiquity of semilinear parabolic equations has been illustrated in their numerous applications ranging from physics, biology, to materials and social sciences. In this paper, we consider a practically desirable property for a class of…
In the paper, the problems of approximate controllability are studied for the control system $w_t=\Delta w$, $w(0,x_2,t)=u(x_2,t)$, $x_1\in\mathbb R_+=(0,+\infty)$, $x_2\in\mathbb R$, $t\in(0,T)$, where $u$ is a control belonging to a…
In this article we study a controllability problem for a parabolic and a hyperbolic partial differential equations in which the control is the shape of the domain where the equation holds. The quantity to be controlled is the trace of the…
First, let $u_{g}$ be the unique solution of an elliptic variational inequality with source term $g$. We establish, in the general case, the error estimate between $u_{3}(\mu)=\mu u_{g_{1}}+ (1-\mu)u_{g_{2}}$ %(the convex combination of two…
In this paper we study an optimal control problem associated to a linear degenerate elliptic equation with mixed boundary conditions. The equations of this type can exhibit the Lavrentieff phenomenon and non-uniqueness of weak solutions. We…
Solving parabolic optimal control problems can be inherently challenging in the field of science and engineering, especially with constraints on the nonsmooth distributed control. Motivated by the extensive applicability of the alternating…
In this paper, we study optimal control problems on the internal energy for a system governed by a class of elliptic boundary hemivariational inequalities with a parameter. The system has been originated by a steady-state heat conduction…
In this paper, the optimal strong error estimates for stochastic parabolic optimal control problem with additive noise and integral state constraint are derived based on time-implicit and finite element discretization. The continuous and…
Let $u_{g}$ the unique solution of a parabolic variational inequality of second kind, with a given $g$. Using a regularization method, we prove, for all $g_{1}$ and $g_{2}$, a monotony property between $\mu u_{g_{1}} + (1-\mu)u_{g_{2}}$ and…
We consider a heat conduction problem $S$ with mixed boundary conditions in a $n$-dimensional domain $\Omega$ with regular boundary and a family of problems $S_{\alpha}$ with also mixed boundary conditions in $\Omega$, where $\alpha>0$ is…
We consider a class of closed loop stochastic optimal control problems in finite time horizon, in which the cost is an expectation conditional on the event that the process has not exited a given bounded domain. An important difficulty is…
We consider the integral definition of the fractional Laplacian and analyze a linear-quadratic optimal control problem for the so-called fractional heat equation; control constraints are also considered. We derive existence and uniqueness…
In this paper we study the optimality condition for the Venttsel boundary control of a parabolic equation, that is, the state of the dynamic system is governed by a parabolic equation together with an initial condition while the control is…
A theoretical framework and numerical techniques to solve optimal control problems with a spatial trace term in the terminal cost and governed by regularized nonlinear hyperbolic conservation laws are provided. Depending on the spatial…