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This paper focuses on optimal control problem for a class of discrete-time nonlinear systems. In practical applications, computation time is a crucial consideration when solving nonlinear optimal control problems, especially under real-time…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-01 Chuanzhi Lv , Xunmin Yin , Hongdan Li , Huanshui Zhang

This paper addresses the optimal control problem of finite-horizon discrete-time nonlinear systems under state and control constraints. A novel numerical algorithm based on optimal control theory is proposed to achieve superior…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-21 Chuanzhi Lv , Hongdan Li , Huanshui Zhang

This paper is concerned with optimal control of stochastic fully coupled forward-backward linear quadratic (FBLQ) problems with indefinite control weight costs. In order to obtain the state feedback representation of the optimal control, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-27 Mingshang Hu , Shaolin Ji , Xiaole Xue

This paper investigates the optimal control problem for a class of nonlinear fully coupled forward-backward stochastic difference equations (FBS$\Delta$Es). Under the convexity assumption of the control domain, we establish a variational…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-02 Zhipeng Niu , Jun Moon , Qingxin Meng

This paper considers the optimal control for hybrid systems whose trajectories transition between distinct subsystems when state-dependent constraints are satisfied. Though this class of systems is useful while modeling a variety of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-21 Pengcheng Zhao , Shankar Mohan , Ram Vasudevan

This paper is concerned with optimal control problems for parabolic partial differential equations with pointwise in time switching constraints on the control. A standard approach to treat constraints in nonlinear optimization is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-30 Christian Clason , Armin Rund , Karl Kunisch

We propose a neural network approach that yields approximate solutions for high-dimensional optimal control problems and demonstrate its effectiveness using examples from multi-agent path finding. Our approach yields controls in a feedback…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-29 Derek Onken , Levon Nurbekyan , Xingjian Li , Samy Wu Fung , Stanley Osher , Lars Ruthotto

The optimal control of problems that are constrained by partial differential equations with uncertainties and with uncertain controls is addressed. The Lagrangian that defines the problem is postulated in terms of stochastic functions, with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-11-19 Eveline Rosseel , Garth N. Wells

We consider the optimal control problem for a linear conditional McKean-Vlasov equation with quadratic cost functional. The coefficients of the system and the weigh-ting matrices in the cost functional are allowed to be adapted processes…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-03-09 Huyên Pham

In the paper we study the following problem: given a Hamilton-Jacobi equation where the Hamiltonian is convex with respect to the last variable, are there any optimal control problems representing it? In other words, we search for an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-07-07 Arkadiusz Misztela

Optimal control problems are crucial in various domains, including path planning, robotics, and humanoid control, demonstrating their broad applicability. The connection between optimal control and Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) partial differential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-06 Tingwei Meng , Siting Liu , Wuchen Li , Stanley Osher

This paper addresses the problem of solving a class of nonlinear optimal control problems (OCP) with infinite-dimensional linear state constraints involving Riesz-spectral operators. Each instance within this class has time/control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-13 Victor Magron , Christophe Prieur

This paper presents a new method for synthesizing stochastic control Lyapunov functions for a class of nonlinear stochastic control systems. The technique relies on a transformation of the classical nonlinear Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman partial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-07 Yoke Peng Leong , Matanya B. Horowitz , Joel W. Burdick

A finite horizon linear quadratic(LQ) optimal control problem is studied for a class of discrete-time linear fractional systems (LFSs) affected by multiplicative, independent random perturbations. Based on the dynamic programming technique,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-07-01 J. J. Trujillo , V. M. Ungureanu

In this article, two methods for solving mean-field type optimal control problems are proposed and investigated. The two methods are iterative methods: at each iteration, a Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation is solved, for a terminal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-30 Laurent Pfeiffer

In this paper, we focus on a method based on optimal control to address the optimization problem. The objective is to find the optimal solution that minimizes the objective function. We transform the optimization problem into optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Yeming Xu , Ziyuan Guo , Hongxia Wang , Huanshui Zhang

We introduce the tensor numerical method for solution of the $d$-dimensional optimal control problems with fractional Laplacian type operators in constraints discretized on large $n^{\otimes d}$ tensor-product Cartesian grids. The approach…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-27 Gennadij Heidel , Venera Khoromskaia , Boris N. Khoromskij , Volker Schulz

The well-posedness of a class of optimal control problems is analysed, where the state equation couples a nonlinear degenerate Fokker-Planck equation with a system of Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs). Such problems naturally arise as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-01 Francesca Anceschi , Giacomo Ascione , Daniele Castorina , Francesco Solombrino

We consider an abstract framework for the numerical solution of optimal control problems (OCPs) subject to partial differential equations (PDEs). Examples include not only the distributed control of elliptic PDEs such as the Poisson…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Ulrich Langer , Richard Löscher , Olaf Steinbach , Huidong Yang