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We derive error estimates for a linear-quadratic elliptic distributed optimal control problem with pointwise control constraints that can be applied to standard finite element methods and multiscale finite element methods.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-08 Susanne C. Brenner , Li-yeng Sung

We devise an a posteriori error estimator for an affine optimal control problem subject to a semilinear elliptic PDE and control constraints. To approximate the problem, we consider a semidiscrete scheme based on the variational…

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We discretize a risk-neutral optimal control problem governed by a linear elliptic partial differential equation with random inputs using a Monte Carlo sample-based approximation and a finite element discretization, yielding finite…

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In this work, we investigate a neural network based solver for optimal control problems (without / with box constraint) for linear and semilinear second-order elliptic problems. It utilizes a coupled system derived from the first-order…

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In this paper, we consider a family of simultaneous distributed-boundary optimal control problems ($P_{\alpha}$) on the internal energy and the heat flux for a system governed by a mixed elliptic variational equality with a parameter…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-30 Carolina M. Bollo , Claudia M. Gariboldi , Domingo A. Tarzia

This work establishes a general stochastic maximum principle for partially observed optimal control of semi-linear stochastic partial differential equations in a nonconvex control domain. The state evolves in a Hilbert space driven by a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-22 Yanzhao Cao , Hongjiang Qian , George Yin

We discuss several optimization procedures to solve finite element approximations of linear-quadratic Dirichlet optimal control problems governed by an elliptic partial differential equation posed on a 2D or 3D Lipschitz domain. The control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-25 Mariano Mateos

We consider an optimal control problem governed by an elliptic variational inequality of the second kind. The problem is discretized by linear finite elements for the state and a variational discrete approach for the control. Based on a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-11-25 Christian Meyer , Monika Weymuth

We consider an optimal control problem for the obstacle problem with an elliptic variational inequality. The obstacle function which is the control function is assumed in $H^{2}$. We use an approximate technique to introduce a family of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2008-12-18 Radouen Ghanem

In this paper, we deal with an elliptic problem with the Dirichlet boundary condition. We operate in Sobolev spaces and the main analytic tool we use is the Lax-Milgram lemma. First, we present the variational approach of the problem which…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-12 Eriselda Goga , Besiana Hamzallari

In this paper we consider some optimal control problems governed by elliptic partial differential equations. The solution is the state variable, while the control variable is, depending on the case, the coefficient of the PDE, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Giuseppe Buttazzo , Juan Casado-Díaz , Faustino Maestre

The paper deals with a stochastic Galerkin approximation of elliptic Dirichlet boundary control problems with random input data. The expectation of a tracking cost functional with the deterministic constrained control is minimized. Error…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-16 Max Winkler , Hamdullah Yücel

The present paper represents a continuation of our previous one. There, a continuous dependence result for the solution of an elliptic variational-hemivariational inequality was obtained and then used to prove the existence of optimal pairs…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-12-25 Yi-bin Xiao , Mircea Sofonea

This paper studies an optimal control problem governed by a semilinear elliptic equation, in which the control acts in a multiplicative or bilinear way as the reaction coefficient of the equation. We focus on the numerical discretization of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-25 Eduardo Casas , Konstantinos Chrysafinos , Mariano Mateos

In this article a special class of nonlinear optimal control problems involving a bilinear term in the boundary condition is studied. These kind of problems arise for instance in the identification of an unknown space-dependent Robin…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Max Winkler

This article provides quasi-optimal a priori error estimates for an optimal control problem constrained by an elliptic obstacle problem where the finite element discretization is carried out using the symmetric interior penalty…

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We consider a risk-averse optimal control problem governed by an elliptic variational inequality (VI) subject to random inputs. By deriving KKT-type optimality conditions for a penalised and smoothed problem and studying convergence of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-26 Amal Alphonse , Caroline Geiersbach , Michael Hintermüller , Thomas M. Surowiec

We discuss the approximation of eigenvalue problems associated with elliptic partial differential equations using the virtual element method. After recalling the abstract theory, we present a model problem, describing in detail the features…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-01 Daniele Boffi , Francesca Gardini , Lucia Gastaldi