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We present new Neumann-Neumann algorithms based on a time domain decomposition applied to unconstrained parabolic optimal control problems. After a spatial semi-discretization, the Lagrange multiplier approach provides a coupled…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-30 Martin Jakob Gander , Liu-Di Lu

Variational problems under uniform quasiconvex constraints on the gradient are studied. In particular, existence of solutions to such problems is proved as well as existence of lagrange multipliers associated to the uniform constraint. They…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-30 Felipe Alvarez , Salvador Flores

We provide a correction to the sufficient conditions under which closed-form expressions for the optimal Lagrange multiplier are provided in arXiv:2112.13138 [math.OC]. We first present a simple counterexample where the original conditions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-13 Henri Lefebvre , Anirudh Subramanyam

We indicate a new approach to the optimization of the clamped plates with holes. It is based on the use of Hamiltonian systems and the penalization of the performance index. The alternative technique employing the penalization of the state…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Cornel Marius Murea , Dan Tiba

The first-order optimality conditions for a generic nonlinear optimization problem are generated as part of the terminal transversality conditions of an optimal control problem. It is shown that the Lagrangian of the optimization problem is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-17 I. M. Ross

We obtain Euler-Lagrange and transversality optimality conditions for higher-order infinite horizon variational problems on a time scale. The new necessary optimality conditions improve the classical results both in the continuous and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-11-13 Natalia Martins , Delfim F. M. Torres

Constrained optimization problems exist in many domains of science, such as thermodynamics, mechanics, economics, etc. These problems are classically solved with the help of the Lagrange multipliers and the Lagrangian function. However, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-01-12 Cyril Cayron

In this paper we study a continuous time, optimal stochastic investment problem under limited resources in a market with N firms. The investment processes are subject to a time-dependent stochastic constraint. Rather than using a dynamic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-08-20 Maria B. Chiarolla , Giorgio Ferrari , Frank Riedel

In this paper we study the conditioning of optimal control problems constrained by linear parabolic equations with Neumann boundary conditions. While we concentrate on a given end-time target function the results hold also when the target…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-24 Luise Blank

In this paper the necessary conditions of optimality in the form of maximum principle are derived for a very general class of variational problems. This class includes problems with any optimization criteria and constraints that can be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-11-30 Anatoly Tsirlin

This paper examines the Laplace equation with mixed boundary conditions, the Neumann and Steklov boundary conditions. This models a container with holes in it, like a pond filled with water but partly covered by immovable pieces on the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-02-19 Habib Ammari , Kthim Imeri , Nilima Nigam

We prove necessary optimality conditions for problems of the calculus of variations on time scales with a Lagrangian depending on the free end-point.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-09-21 Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

In this paper, an optimal control problem governed by a class of p-Laplacian elliptic equations is studied. In particular, as no monotonicity assumption is assumed on the nonlinear term, the state equation may admit several solutions for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-28 Hongwei Lou , Shu Luan

We optimize a selection of eigenvalues of the Laplace operator with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions by adjusting the shape of the domain on which the eigenvalue problem is considered. Here, a phase-field function is used to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-23 Harald Garcke , Paul Hüttl , Christian Kahle , Patrik Knopf , Tim Laux

In this paper we obtain natural boundary conditions for a large class of variational problems with free boundary values. In comparison with the already existing examples, our framework displays complete freedom concerning the topology of…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2013-02-20 Giovanni Moreno , Monika Ewa Stypa

This paper is devoted to the theoretical and numerical investigation of an augmented Lagrangian method for the solution of optimization problems with geometric constraints. Specifically, we study situations where parts of the constraints…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-20 Xiaoxi Jia , Christian Kanzow , Patrick Mehlitz , Gerd Wachsmuth

The novel Riemannian view on shape optimization developed in [Schulz, FoCM, 2014] is extended to a Lagrange-Newton approach for PDE constrained shape optimization problems. The extension is based on optimization on Riemannian vector space…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-12-01 Volker H. Schulz , Martin Siebenborn , Kathrin Welker

In this work we provide a first order sensitivity analysis of some parameterized stochastic optimal control problems. The parameters can be given by random processes. The main tool is the one-to-one correspondence between the adjoint states…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-04-07 Julio Backhoff , Francisco Silva

This paper is concerned with a novel deep learning method for variational problems with essential boundary conditions. To this end, we first reformulate the original problem into a minimax problem corresponding to a feasible augmented…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-05-10 Jianguo Huang , Haoqin Wang , Tao Zhou

In this paper, we revisit the augmented Lagrangian method for a class of nonsmooth convex optimization. We present the Lagrange optimality system of the augmented Lagrangian associated with the problems, and establish its connections with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-14 Bangti Jin , Tomoya Takeuchi