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In this paper, we investigate optimal control problems for Allen-Cahn equations with singular nonlinearities and a dynamic boundary condition involving singular nonlinearities and the Laplace-Beltrami operator. The approach covers both the…

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In this paper, we consider a large class of nonlinear equations derived from first-order type methods for solving composite optimization problems. Traditional approaches to establishing superlinear convergence rates of semismooth…

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Newton-type methods are typically analyzed under Lipschitz continuity of the Hessian, an assumption that can fail for objectives with higher-order or polynomial growth. We introduce a class of nonlinearly preconditioned Newton methods that…

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In this paper we discuss the optimal control of a quasilinear parabolic state equation. Its form is leaned on the kind of problems arising for example when controlling the anisotropic Allen-Cahn equation as a model for crystal growth.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-06 Luise Blank , Johannes Meisinger

We focus on finding sparse and least-$\ell_1$-norm solutions for unconstrained nonlinear optimal control problems. Such optimization problems are non-convex and non-smooth, nevertheless recent versions of Newton method for under-determined…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-28 Boris Polyak , Andrey Tremba

We consider linear model reduction in both the control and state variables for unconstrained linear-quadratic optimal control problems subject to time-varying parabolic PDEs. The first-order optimality condition for a state-space reduced…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-17 Michael Kartmann , Stefan Volkwein

This paper is concerned with an optimal control problem governed by nonsmooth semilinear elliptic partial differential equations with both distributed and boundary unilateral pointwise control constraints, in which the nonlinear coefficient…

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We discuss several optimization procedures to solve finite element approximations of linear-quadratic Dirichlet optimal control problems governed by an elliptic partial differential equation posed on a 2D or 3D Lipschitz domain. The control…

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In this paper we study an optimal control problem with nonsmooth mixed state and control constraints. In most of the existing results, the necessary optimality condition for optimal control problems with mixed state and control constraints…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-12-04 An Li , Jane Ye

Many steady-state problems in power systems, including rectangular power-voltage formulations of optimal power flows in the alternating-current model (ACOPF), can be cast as polynomial optimisation problems (POP). For a POP, one can derive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-20 Alan C. Liddell , Jie Liu , Jakub Marecek , Martin Takac

We present a temporal decomposition scheme for solving long-horizon optimal control problems. In the proposed scheme, the time domain is decomposed into a set of subdomains with partially overlapping regions. Subproblems associated with the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-01 Sungho Shin , Timm Faulwasser , Mario Zanon , Victor M. Zavala

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…

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This paper studies a non-singular coupling scheme for solving the acoustic and elastic wave scattering problems and its extension to the problems of Laplace and Lam\'e equations and the problem with a compactly supported inhomogeneity is…

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We develop a family of reformulations of an arbitrary consistent linear system into a stochastic problem. The reformulations are governed by two user-defined parameters: a positive definite matrix defining a norm, and an arbitrary discrete…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-27 Peter Richtárik , Martin Takáč

This paper presents a stochastic model predictive control approach for nonlinear systems subject to time-invariant probabilistic uncertainties in model parameters and initial conditions. The stochastic optimal control problem entails a cost…

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We focus on optimal control problems governed by elliptic, quasilinear PDEs. Though there are various examples of such problems in the literature, we make an attempt at describing some general principles by dealing with three basic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-22 Pablo Pedregal

Optimal control of nonlinear acoustic waves is relevant in many medical ultrasound technologies, ranging from cancer therapy to targeted drug delivery, where it can help guide the precise deposition of acoustic energy. In this work, we…

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A novel nonlinear model predictive control approach for state signal shaping is proposed. The control strategy introduces a residual shape cost kernel based on the dynamics of circular limit cycles from a supercritical Neimark-Sacker…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-26 Carlos Cateriano Yáñez , Gerwald Lichtenberg , Georg Pangalos , Javier Sanchis Sáez

The article examines a linear-quadratic Neumann control problem that is governed by a non-coercive elliptic equation. Due to the non-self-adjoint nature of the linear control-to-state operator, it is necessary to independently study both…

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