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In this paper, we discuss our recent works on the null-controllability, the exact controllability, and the stabilization of linear hyperbolic systems in one dimensional space using boundary controls on one side for the optimal time. Under…

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This is a brief introduction to control theory in finite-dimensional spaces. The material is partly based on my lectures for the Master 1 program in Math\'ematiques et applications at Sorbonne University, delivered over the past few years.…

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In this paper we will generalize the Kalman rank condition for the null controllability to $n$-coupled linear degenerate parabolic systems with constant coefficients, diagonalizable diffusion matrix, and $m$-controls. For that we prove a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-05-10 E. M. Ait Benhassi , M. Fadili , L. Maniar

In this paper, we study the null controllability of weakly degenerate coupled parabolic systems with two different diffusion coefficients and one control force. To obtain this aim, we develop first new global Carleman estimates for…

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Recent years have witnessed a wave of research activities in systems science toward the study of population systems. The driving force behind this shift was geared by numerous emerging and ever-changing technologies in life and physical…

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We study the problem of controlling population dynamics, a class of linear dynamical systems evolving on the probability simplex, from the perspective of online non-stochastic control. While Golowich et.al. 2024 analyzed the fully…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-21 Zhou Lu , Y. Jennifer Sun , Zhiyu Zhang

In this paper, we prove the small-time global null-controllability of forward (resp. backward) semilinear stochastic parabolic equations with globally Lipschitz nonlinearities in the drift and diffusion terms (resp. in the drift term). In…

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This paper studies controllability of a discrete-time linear dynamical system using nonnegative and sparse inputs. These constraints on the control input arise naturally in many real-life systems where the external influence on the system…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-24 Geethu Joseph

We numerically address the stability analysis of linear age-structured population models with nonlocal diffusion, which arise naturally in describing dynamics of infectious diseases. Compared to Laplace diffusion, models with nonlocal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-13 Dimitri Breda , Simone De Reggi , Rossana Vermiglio

The problem of partial null controllability for linear autonomous evolution equations, which are controlled by a one-dimensional control, is under consideration. The partial null-controllability conditions for coupled abstract evolution…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-21 Benzion Shklyar

As generative models become ubiquitous, there is a critical need for fine-grained control over the generation process. Yet, while controlled generation methods from prompting to fine-tuning proliferate, a fundamental question remains…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-12 Emily Cheng , Carmen Amo Alonso , Federico Danieli , Arno Blaas , Luca Zappella , Pau Rodriguez , Xavier Suau

The population size has far-reaching effects on the fitness of the population, that, in its turn influences the population extinction or persistence. Understanding the density- and age-dependent factors will facilitate more accurate…

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This paper is concerned with the null controllability for linear backward stochastic parabolic equations with dynamic boundary conditions and convection terms. Using the classical duality argument, the null controllability is obtained via…

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Obesity is a chronic disease that can lead to an increased risk of other serious chronic diseases and even death. We present switching and time-delayed feedback-based model free control methods for the dynamic management of body mass and…

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This paper deals with some control problems related to structured population dynamics with diffusion. Firstly, we investigate the regional control for an optimal harvesting problem (the control acts in a subregion $\omega$ of the whole…

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This paper investigates the exact controllability problem for multi-dimensional stochastic first-order symmetric hyperbolic systems with control inputs acting in two distinct ways: an internal control applied to the diffusion term and a…

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In this paper we treat controllability properties for the linear Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation on a network with two types of boundary conditions. More precisely, the equation is considered on a star-shaped tree with Dirichlet and Neumann…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-15 Cristian M. Cazacu , Liviu I. Ignat , Ademir F. Pazoto

We are concerned about the controllability of a general linear hyperbolic system of the form $\partial_t w (t, x) = \Sigma(x) \partial_x w (t, x) + \gamma C(x) w(t, x) $ ($\gamma \in \mR$) in one space dimension using boundary controls on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-05 Jean-Michel Coron , Hoai-Minh Nguyen

We review some results on abstract linear and nonlinear population models with age and spatial structure. The results are mainly based on the assumption of maximal $L_p$-regularity of the spatial dispersion term. In particular, this…

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