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We study an optimal control problem under uncertainty, where the target function is the solution of an elliptic partial differential equation with random coefficients, steered by a control function. The robust formulation of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-23 Philipp A. Guth , Vesa Kaarnioja , Frances Y. Kuo , Claudia Schillings , Ian H. Sloan

In this work we propose reduced order methods as a reliable strategy to efficiently solve parametrized optimal control problems governed by shallow waters equations in a solution tracking setting. The physical parametrized model we deal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-08 Maria Strazzullo , Francesco Ballarin , Gianluigi Rozza

We consider Tikhonov regularization of control-constrained optimal control problems. We present new a-priori estimates for the regularization error assuming measure and source-measure conditions. In the special case of bang-bang solutions,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-12-08 Nikolaus von Daniels

We investigate the application of a posteriori error estimates to a fractional optimal control problem with pointwise control constraints. Specifically, we address a problem in which the state equation is formulated as an integral form of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-10 Fangyuan Wang , Qiming Wang , Zhaojie Zhou

We investigate a mixed finite element method for the spatial discretization of a time-fractional Allen--Cahn equation defined on a convex polyhedral domain, combined with a nonuniform Alikhanov scheme for the temporal approximation. Under…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-13 Abhinav Jha , Samir Karaa , Aditi Tomar

The paper presents results about strong metric subregularity of the optimality mapping associated with the system of first-order necessary optimality conditions for a problem of optimal control of a semilinear parabolic equation. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-19 Alberto Domínguez Corella , Nicolai Jork , Vladimir M. Veliov

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…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-11-18 Pedro Martín Merino Rosero

Piecewise constant control approximation provides a practical framework for designing numerical schemes of continuous-time control problems. We analyze the accuracy of such approximations for extended mean field control (MFC) problems,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Christoph Reisinger , Wolfgang Stockinger , Maria Olympia Tsianni , Yufei Zhang

In this work, we address some optimal control problems related to the evolution of two isothermal, incompressible, immisible fluids in a two dimensional bounded domain. A distributed optimal control problem is formulated as the minimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-19 Tania Biswas , Sheetal Dharmatti , Manil T Mohan

In this article, we consider a stochastic linear quadratic control problem with partial observation. A near optimal control in the weak formulation is characterized. The main features of this paper are the presence of the control in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-27 Jingrui Sun , Jiaqiang Wen , Jie Xiong , Wen Xu

We consider an optimal control problem for the steady-state Kirchhoff equation, a prototype for nonlocal partial differential equations, different from fractional powers of closed operators. Existence and uniqueness of solutions of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-03 Masoumeh Hashemi , Roland Herzog , Thomas M. Surowiec

An adaptive direct collocation method is developed for solving optimal control problems constrained by parabolic partial differential equations. The partial differential equation is first reformulated in a variational setting, where the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-18 Alexander M. Davies , Sara Pollock , Miriam E. Dennis , Anil V. Rao

We consider control constrained optimal control problems governed by parameterized stationary Maxwell's system with the Gauss's law. The parameters enter through dielectric, magnetic permeability, and charge density. Moreover, the parameter…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-20 Harbir Antil , Tran Nhan Tam Quyen

This paper deals with optimal control problems described by a controlled version of Moreau's sweeping process governed by convex polyhedra, where measurable control actions enter additive perturbations. This class of problems, which…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-08-14 Giovanni Colombo , Boris S. Mordukhovich , Dao Nguyen

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

An optimal control problem for the continuity equation is considered. The aim of a "controller" is to maximize the total mass within a target set at a given time moment. The existence of optimal controls is established. For a particular…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-07-01 Nikolay Pogodaev

We propose a neural network approach to model general interaction dynamics and an adjoint based stochastic gradient descent algorithm to calibrate its parameters. The parameter calibration problem is considered as optimal control problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-01 Simone Göttlich , Claudia Totzeck

In this paper, we study a second-order accurate and linear numerical scheme for the nonlocal Cahn-Hilliard equation. The scheme is established by combining a modified Crank-Nicolson approximation and the Adams-Bashforth extrapolation for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-09 Xiao Li , Zhonghua Qiao , Cheng Wang

This paper deals with the numerical computation of boundary null controls for the 1D wave equation with a potential. The goal is to compute an approximation of controls that drive the solution from a prescribed initial state to zero at a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-02-03 Nicolae Cîndea , Enrique Fernandez-Cara , Arnaud Munch

We consider the decentralized control of a discrete-time, linear system subject to exogenous disturbances and polyhedral constraints on the state and input trajectories. The underlying system is composed of a finite collection of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-08 Weixuan Lin , Eilyan Bitar