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The minimization of energy-like cost functionals is addressed in the context of optimal control problems. For a general class of dynamical systems, with possibly unstable and nonlinear free dynamics, it is shown that a sequence of solutions…
An optimal control problem for the linear wave equation with control cost chosen as the BV semi-norm in time is analyzed. This formulation enhances piecewise constant optimal controls and penalizes the number of jumps. Existence of optimal…
We prove the continuity and the H\"older equivalence w.r.t.\ an Euclidean distance of the value function associated with the $L^1$ cost of the control-affine system $\dot q = \drift(q)+\sum_{j=1}^m u_j f_j(q)$, satisfying the strong…
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We give a new and rigorous duality relation between two central notions of weak solutions of nonlinear PDEs: entropy and viscosity solutions. It takes the form of the nonlinear dual inequality: \begin{equation}\int |S_t u_0-S_t v_0|…
This paper mainly establishes the finite-horizon stochastic bounded real lemma, and then solves the $H_{\infty}$ control problem for discrete-time stochastic linear systems defined on the separable Hilbert spaces, thereby unifying the…
We consider a class of closed loop stochastic optimal control problems in finite time horizon, in which the cost is an expectation conditional on the event that the process has not exited a given bounded domain. An important difficulty is…
This paper is concerned with the development and use of duality theory for a nonlinear filtering model with white noise observations. The main contribution of this paper is to introduce a stochastic optimal control problem as a dual to the…
This paper addresses the problems of stabilization, robust control, and observer design for nonlinear systems. We build upon recently a proposed method based on contraction theory and convex optimization, extending the class of systems to…
We reveal an interesting convex duality relationship between two problems: (a) minimizing the probability of lifetime ruin when the rate of consumption is stochastic and when the individual can invest in a Black-Scholes financial market;…
Optimal feedback controllers for nonlinear systems can be derived by solving the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation. However, because the HJB is a nonlinear partial differential equation, numerical methods typically provide only…
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The work studies the problem of decentralized constrained POMDPs in a team-setting where multiple nonstrategic agents have asymmetric information. Using an extension of Sion's Minimax theorem for functions with positive infinity and results…
We study a stochastic control problem on a bounded domain, which arises from a continuous-time optimal management model. Via the corresponding Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation the value function is shown to be jointly continuous and to…
For optimal control problems on finite graphs in continuous time, the dynamic programming principle leads to value functions characterized by systems of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. In this paper, we consider the case of…
Output controllability and functional observability are properties that enable, respectively, the control and estimation of part of the state vector. These notions are of utmost importance in applications to high-dimensional systems, such…