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We introduce and study the turnpike property for time-varying shapes, within the viewpoint of optimal control. We focus here on second-order linear parabolic equations where the shape acts as a source term and we seek the optimal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-23 Gontran Lance , Emmanuel Trélat , Enrique Zuazua

We investigate the interior turnpike phenomenon for discrete-time multi-agent optimal control problems. While for continuous systems the turnpike property has been established, we focus here on first-order discretizations of such systems.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-12 Martin Gugat , Michael Herty , Jiehong Liu , Chiara Segala

Motivated by singular limits for long-time optimal control problems, we investigate a class of parameter-dependent parabolic equations. First, we prove a turnpike result, uniform with respect to the parameters within a suitable regularity…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-30 Martin Hernandez , Enrique Zuazua

This paper is devoted to analysing the explicit slow decay rate and turnpike in the infinite-horizon linear quadratic optimal control problems for hyperbolic systems. Assume that some weak observability or controllability are satisfied, by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-24 Zhong-Jie Han , Enrique Zuazua

In this work, we study the steady-state (or periodic) exponential turnpike property of optimal control problems in Hilbert spaces. The turnpike property, which is essentially due to the hyperbolic feature of the Hamiltonian system resulting…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-12-02 Emmanuel Trelat , Can Zhang , Enrique Zuazua

This paper presents a simulation study on turnpike phenomena in stochastic optimal control problems. We employ the framework of Polynomial Chaos Expansions (PCE) to investigate the presence of turnpikes in stochastic LQ problems. Our…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-26 Ruchuan Ou , Michael Heinrich Baumann , Lars Grüne , Timm Faulwasser

We establish a polynomial turnpike estimate for an optimal control problem consisting of a system of infinitely many controlled oscillators, considered as an abstract differential equation in a Hilbert space, with a quadratic cost. Our…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Alexander Zuyev , Emmanuel Trélat

The purpose of this paper is to close the remaining gaps in the understanding of the role that the constrained generalized continuous algebraic Riccati equation plays in singular linear-quadratic (LQ) optimal control. Indeed, in spite of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-04-08 Augusto Ferrante , Lorenzo Ntogramatzidis

Turnpikes have recently gained significant research interest in optimal control, since they allow for pivotal insights into the structure of solutions to optimal control problems. So far, mainly steady state solutions which serve as optimal…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-12 Timm Faulwasser , Kathrin Flaßkamp , Sina Ober-Blöbaum , Karl Worthmann

In this paper, we introduce turnpike arguments in the context of optimal state estimation. In particular, we show that the optimal solution of the state estimation problem involving all available past data serves as turnpike for the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-22 Julian D. Schiller , Lars Grüne , Matthias A. Müller

In this work we derive an interval turnpike result for adjoints of finite- and infinite-dimensional nonlinear optimal control problems under the assumption of an interval turnpike on states and controls. We consider stabilizable dynamics…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-26 Timm Faulwasser , Lars Grüne , Jukka-Pekka Humaloja , Manuel Schaller

Classical turnpikes correspond to optimal steady states which are attractors of optimal control problems. In this paper, motivated by mechanical systems with symmetries, we generalize this concept to manifold turnpikes. Specifically, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-08 Timm Faulwasser , Kathrin Flaßkamp , Sina Ober-Blöbaum , Manuel Schaller , Karl Worthmann

We investigate convergence and turnpike properties for linear-quadratic mean field control problems with common noise. Within a unified framework, we analyze a finite-horizon social optimization problem, its mean field control limit, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Erhan Bayraktar , Jiamin Jian

We investigate pathwise turnpike behavior of discrete-time stochastic linear-quadratic optimal control problems. Our analysis is based on a novel strict dissipativity notion for such problems, in which a stationary stochastic process…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-25 Jonas Schießl , Ruchuan Ou , Timm Faulwasser , Michael Heinrich Baumann , Lars Grüne

We study problems of optimal boundary control with systems governed by linear hyperbolic partial differential equations. The objective function is quadratic and given by an integral over the finite time interval $(0,\, T)$ that depends on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-11-08 Martin Gugat , Falk Hante

Recent results in the literature have provided connections between the so-called turnpike property, near optimality of closed-loop solutions, and strict dissipativity. Motivated by applications in economics, optimal control problems with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-18 Lars Grüne , Lisa Krügel

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role that the continuous-time generalised Riccati equation plays within the context of singular linear-quadratic optimal control. This equation has been defined following the analogy with the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-05-24 Augusto Ferrante , Lorenzo Ntogramatzidis

The paper proposes first steps towards the formalization and characterization of time-varying turnpikes in optimal control of mechanical systems. We propose the concepts of velocity steady states, which can be considered as partial steady…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-04 Timm Faulwasser , Kathrin Flaßkamp , Sina Ober-Blöbaum , Karl Worthmann

We consider the long-time behavior of equilibrium strategies and state trajectories in a linear quadratic $N$-player game with Gaussian initial data. By comparing the finite-horizon game with its ergodic counterpart, we establish…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-09 Asaf Cohen , Jiamin Jian

Motivated by mechanical systems with symmetries, we focus on optimal control problems possessing symmetries. Following recent works, which generalized the classical concept of static turnpike to manifold turnpike, we extend the exponential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-25 Kathrin Flaßkamp , Sofya Maslovskaya , Sina Ober-Blöbaum , Boris Wembe