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This paper studies the problem of steering a linear time-invariant system subject to state and input constraints towards a goal location that may be inferred only through partial observations. We assume mixed-observable settings, where the…

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The aim of this work is to study, from an intrinsic and geometric point of view, second-order constrained variational problems on Lie algebroids, that is, optimization problems defined by a cost functional which depends on higher-order…

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In this paper we study the problem of approximating the general solution to an optimal control problem whose dynamics arise from a $2\times 2$ skew-symmetric evolutionary game with arbitrary initial condition. Our approach uses a Fourier…

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This paper considers the stochastic linear quadratic optimal control problem in which the control domain is nonconvex. By the functional analysis and convex perturbation methods, we establish a novel maximum principle. The application of…

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This paper is concerned with second-order optimality conditions for Tikhonov regularized optimal control problems governed by the obstacle problem. Using a simple observation that allows to characterize the structure of optimal controls on…

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In this paper, an efficient parallel splitting method is proposed for the optimal control problem with parabolic equation constraints. The linear finite element is used to approximate the state variable and the control variable in spatial…

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IIn this paper, we study a partially observed progressive optimal control problem of forward-backward stochastic differential equations with random jumps, where the control domain is not necessarily convex, and the control variable enter…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-27 Yueyang Zheng , Jingtao Shi

We consider the problem of finite-horizon optimal control design under uncertainty for imperfectly observed discrete-time systems with convex costs and constraints. It is known that this problem can be cast as an infinite-dimensional convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-02 Kevin J. Kircher , K. Max Zhang

In this paper, we propose a Transformer-based framework for approximating solutions to infinite-dimensional optimization problems: calculus of variations problems and optimal control problems. Our approach leverages offline training on data…

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A dual control problem is presented for the optimal stochastic control of a system governed by partial differential equations. Relationships between the optimal values of the original and the dual problems are investigated and two duality…

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This work investigates the finite-horizon optimal covariance steering problem for discrete-time linear systems subject to both additive and multiplicative uncertainties as well as state and input chance constraints. In particular, a…

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The paper is devoted to the study of a new class of optimal control problems for nonsmooth dynamical systems governed by nonconvex discontinuous differential inclusions of the sweeping type with involving variable time into optimization. We…

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We propose a class of numerical schemes for mixed optimal stopping and control of processes with infinite activity jumps and where the objective is evaluated by a nonlinear expectation. Exploiting an approximation by switching systems,…

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These notes present preliminary results regarding two different approximations of linear infinite-horizon optimal control problems arising in model predictive control. Input and state trajectories are parametrized with basis functions and a…

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In this work, we study a boundary control problem for the evolutionary Navier-Stokes equations, under mixed boundary conditions, in two dimensions. The cost functional here considered is of quadratic type, depending on both state and…

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In this work we present an adaptive Newton-type method to solve nonlinear constrained optimization problems in which the constraint is a system of partial differential equations discretized by the finite element method. The adaptive…

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