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This paper provides a new algorithm for solving inverse problems, based on the minimization of the $L^2$ norm and on the control of the Total Variation. It consists in relaxing the role of the Total Variation in the classical Total…
Many control applications require that a system be constrained to a particular set of states, often termed as safe set. A practical and flexible method for rendering safe sets forward-invariant involves computing control input using Control…
In the Integer Quadratic Programming problem input is an n*n integer matrix Q, an m*n integer matrix A and an m-dimensional integer vector b. The task is to find a vector x in Z^n, minimizing x^TQx, subject to Ax <= b. We give a fixed…
We present necessary and sufficient optimality conditions for finite time optimal control problems for a class of hybrid systems described by linear complementarity models. Although these optimal control problems are difficult in general…
Algorithms for automatically selecting a scalar or locally varying regularization parameter for total variation models with an $L^{\tau}$-data fidelity term, $\tau\in \{1,2\}$, are presented. The automated selection of the regularization…
This contribution considers optimal control problems subject to nonlocal conservation laws -- those in which the velocity depends nonlocally (i.e., via a convolution) on the solution -- and the so-called singular limit. First, the existence…
This paper investigates energy-minimization finite-element approaches for the computation of nematic liquid crystal equilibrium configurations. We compare the performance of these methods when the necessary unit-length constraint is…
We revisit the linear programming approach to deterministic, continuous time, infinite horizon discounted optimal control problems. In the first part, we relax the original problem to an infinite-dimensional linear program over a measure…
Scenario reduction algorithms can be an effective means to provide a tractable description of the uncertainty in optimal control problems. However, they might significantly compromise the performance of the controlled system. In this paper,…
We consider a risk-averse optimal control problem governed by an elliptic variational inequality (VI) subject to random inputs. By deriving KKT-type optimality conditions for a penalised and smoothed problem and studying convergence of the…
Unconstrained binary integer programming (UBIP) is a challenging optimization problem due to the presence of binary variables. To address the challenge, we introduce a novel class of functions named sharp-peak functions (SPFs), which…
Computing approximate Karush--Kuhn--Tucker (KKT) points for constrained nonconvex programs is a fundamental problem in mathematical programming. Interior-point trust-region (IPTR) methods are particularly attractive for such problems…
We consider policy gradient methods for stochastic optimal control problem in continuous time. In particular, we analyze the gradient flow for the control, viewed as a continuous time limit of the policy gradient method. We prove the global…
We derive a-priori error estimates for the finite-element approximation of a distributed optimal control problem governed by the steady one-dimensional Burgers equation with pointwise box constraints on the control. Here the approximation…
We introduce an algorithm to solve linear inverse problems regularized with the total (gradient) variation in a gridless manner. Contrary to most existing methods, that produce an approximate solution which is piecewise constant on a fixed…
The aim of this paper is to test and analyze a novel technique for image reconstruction in positron emission tomography, which is based on (total variation) regularization on both the image space and the projection space. We formulate our…
We consider the optimal control problem associated with a general version of the well known shallow lake model, and we prove the existence of an optimum in the class $L_{loc}^{1}\left(0,+\infty\right)$. Any direct proof seems to be missing…
In this work, we consider solving optimization problems with a stochastic objective and deterministic equality constraints. We propose a Trust-Region Sequential Quadratic Programming method to find both first- and second-order stationary…
We design receding horizon control strategies for stochastic discrete-time linear systems with additive (possibly) unbounded disturbances, while obeying hard bounds on the control inputs. We pose the problem of selecting an appropriate…
Model predictive control allows solving complex control tasks with control and state constraints. However, an optimal control problem must be solved in real-time to predict the future system behavior, which is hardly possible on embedded…