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A distributed optimal control problem for a phase field system which physical context is that of tumor growth is discussed. The system we are going to take into account consists of a Cahn-Hilliard equation for the phase variable (relative…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-20 Andrea Signori

In this paper, we explore the application of ensemble optimal control to derive enhanced strategies for pharmacological cancer treatment, and we tackle the problem of the long-term management of the disease, i.e., when the complete…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-23 Alessandro Scagliotti , Federico Scagliotti , Laura Deborah Locati , Federico Sottotetti

We study an optimal control problem in which both the objective function and the dynamic constraint contain an uncertain parameter. Since the distribution of this uncertain parameter is not exactly known, the objective function is taken as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-29 Jianxiong Ye , Lei Wang , Changzhi Wu , Jie Sun , Kok Lay Teo , Xiangyu Wang

We study a stochastic phase-field model for tumor growth dynamics coupling a stochastic Cahn-Hilliard equation for the tumor phase parameter with a stochastic reaction-diffusion equation governing the nutrient proportion. We prove strong…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-19 Carlo Orrieri , Elisabetta Rocca , Luca Scarpa

A distributed optimal control problem for an extended model of phase field type for tumor growth is addressed. In this model, the chemotaxis effects are also taken into account. The control is realized by two control variables that design…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-23 Pierluigi Colli , Andrea Signori , Jürgen Sprekels

This paper treats a distributed optimal control problem for a tumor growth model of Cahn-Hilliard type including chemotaxis. The evolution of the tumor fraction is governed by a variational inequality corresponding to a double obstacle…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-21 Pierluigi Colli , Andrea Signori , Jürgen Sprekels

Inverse optimal control, also known as inverse reinforcement learning, is the problem of recovering an unknown reward function in a Markov decision process from expert demonstrations of the optimal policy. We introduce a probabilistic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2012-06-22 Sergey Levine , Vladlen Koltun

We consider the problem of estimating the possibly non-convex cost of an agent by observing its interactions with a nonlinear, non-stationary and stochastic environment. For this inverse problem, we give a result that allows to estimate the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-24 Émiland Garrabé , Hozefa Jesawada , Carmen Del Vecchio , Giovanni Russo

While cancer has traditionally been considered a genetic disease, mounting evidence indicates an important role for non-genetic (epigenetic) mechanisms. Common anti-cancer drugs have recently been observed to induce the adoption of…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2025-07-04 Einar Bjarki Gunnarsson , Benedikt Vilji Magnússon , Jasmine Foo

We apply optimal control theory to a tuberculosis model given by a system of ordinary differential equations. Optimal control strategies are proposed to minimize the cost of interventions, considering reinfection and post-exposure…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-07-15 Cristiana J. Silva , Delfim F. M. Torres

This paper addresses the inverse optimal control problem of finding the state weighting function that leads to a quadratic value function when the cost on the input is fixed to be quadratic. The paper focuses on a class of infinite horizon…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-21 Luis Rodrigues

We consider a state-constrained optimal control problem of a system of two non-local partial-differential equations, which is an extension of the one introduced in a previous work in mathematical oncology. The aim is to minimize the tumor…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-01-18 Antoine Olivier , Camille Pouchol

We propose and analyze an optimal control problem associated with a Keller-Segel type parabolic system with chemoattraction, modeling the glioblastoma growth in a bi-dimensional bounded domain, influenced by the presence of oxygen where the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-24 Juan J. Forero-Hernańdez , Francisco Guillén-González , Élder J. Villamizar-Roa

We study an inverse problem of the stochastic optimal control of general diffusions with performance index having the quadratic penalty term of the control process. Under mild conditions on the system dynamics, the cost functions, and the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-17 Yumiharu Nakano

In this paper we consider the problem of the optimal control of an ensemble of affine-control systems. After proving the well-posedness of the minimization problem under examination, we establish a $\Gamma$-convergence result that allows us…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-20 Alessandro Scagliotti

While the use of combination therapy is increasing in prevalence for cancer treatment, it is often difficult to predict the exact interactions between different treatment forms, and their synergistic/antagonistic effects on patient health…

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This paper highlights a parallel between the forward backward sweeping method for optimal control and deep learning training procedures. We reformulate a classical optimal control problem, constrained by a differential equation system, into…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-23 Wenjing Zhang , Wandi Ding , Huaiping Zhu

In this paper, we study an optimal control problem for a two-dimensional Cahn-Hilliard-Darcy system with mass sources that arises in the modeling of tumor growth. The aim is to monitor the tumor fraction in a finite time interval in such a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-28 Juergen Sprekels , Hao Wu

The emergence of mutant lineages within a viral species has become a public health problem, as the existing treatments and drugs are usually more effective on the original lineages than in the mutant ones. The following manuscript presents…

In this article, a well-known mathematical model of cancer immunotherapy is discussed and used to represent therapeutic protocols for cancer treatment. The optimal control problem is formulated based on the Pontryagin maximum principle to…

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