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We study a PDE-constrained optimal control problem that involves functions of bounded variation as controls and includes the TV seminorm of the control in the objective. We apply a path-following inexact Newton method to the problems that…

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We introduce a novel regulariser based on the natural vector field operations gradient, divergence, curl and shear. For suitable choices of the weighting parameters contained in our model it generalises well-known first- and second-order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-01 Eva-Maria Brinkmann , Martin Burger , Joana Sarah Grah

Set- and vector-valued optimization problems can be re-formulated as complete lattice-valued problems. This has several advantages, one of which is the existence of a clear-cut solution concept which includes the attainment as the infimum…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-14 Andreas H Hamel , Frank Heyde , Daniela Visetti

In this paper, we consider the optimal control problem for a class of evolution inclusions with Volterra type operators, which can be history-dependent. We establish the existence of a solution to the stated optimal control problem under…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-05-19 M. Bokalo , O. Sus

Within this chapter, we discuss control in the coefficients of an obstacle problem. Utilizing tools from H-convergence, we show existence of optimal solutions. First order necessary optimality conditions are obtained after deriving…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-04 Andreas Hehl , Denis Khimin , Ira Neitzel , Nicolai Simon , Thomas Wick , Winnifried Wollner

In this work, we consider optimality conditions of an optimal control problem governed by an obstacle problem. Here, we focus on introducing a, matrix valued, control variable as the coefficients of the obstacle problem. As it is well…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Nicolai Simon , Winnifried Wollner

We address a class of integer optimization programs with a total variation-like regularizer and convex, separable constraints on a graph. Our approach makes use of the Graver basis, an optimality certificate for integer programs, which we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-22 Dominic Yang , Sven Leyffer , Miles Bakenhus

This paper develops a quantitative framework for analyzing the mean-square exponential stabilization of stochastic linear systems with multiplicative noise, focusing specifically on the optimal stabilizing rate, which characterizes the…

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In this article we continue our investigation of the iterative regularization method for optimization problems based on Bregman distances. The optimization problems are subject to pointwise inequality constraints in $L^2(\Omega)$. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-25 Frank Pörner

This paper studies regularity properties of optimization-based controllers, which are obtained by solving optimization problems where the parameter is the system state and the optimization variable is the input to the system. Under a wide…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-08 Pol Mestres , Ahmed Allibhoy , Jorge Cortés

This paper presents a new and straightforward procedure for solving bilinear quadratic optimal control problem. In this method, first the original optimal control problem is transformed into a nonlinear twopoint boundary value problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-02-09 Hamidreza Ramezanpour , Saeed Setayeshi , Hossein Arabalibeik , Amin Jajarmi

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…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-11 Sebastian Engel , Karl Kunisch

The aim of this paper is to test and analyze a novel technique for image reconstruction in positron emission tomography, which is based on (total variation) regularization on both the image space and the projection space. We formulate our…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-07-24 Martin Burger , Jahn Müller , Evangelos Papoutsellis , Carola-Bibiane Schönlieb

Regularization and interior point approaches offer valuable perspectives to address constrained nonlinear optimization problems in view of control applications. This paper discusses the interactions between these techniques and proposes an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-31 Alberto De Marchi

We study a dynamic stochastic control problem subject to Knightian uncertainty with multi-objective (vector-valued) criteria. Assuming the preferences across expected multi-loss vectors are represented by a given, yet general, preorder, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-02 Igor Cialenco , Gabriela Kováčová

This paper investigates optimal control problems formulated over a class of piecewise-smooth vector fields. Instead of optimizing over the discontinuous system directly, we instead formulate optimal control problems over a family of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-04-02 Tyler Westenbroek , Xiaobin Xiong , Aaron D Ames , S Shankar Sastry

This paper presents a novel convex optimization-based method for finding the globally optimal solutions of a class of mixed-integer non-convex optimal control problems. We consider problems with non-convex constraints that restrict the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-21 Danylo Malyuta , Behcet Acikmese

In this paper, we discuss the numerical approximation of a distributed optimal control problem governed by the von Karman equations, defined in polygonal domains with point-wise control constraints. Conforming finite elements are employed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-19 Gouranga Mallik , Neela Nataraj , Jean-Pierre Raymond

Optimal control problems for semilinear elliptic equations with control costs in the space of bounded variations are analysed. BV-based optimal controls favor piecewise constant, and hence 'simple' controls, with few jumps. Existence of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-26 Eduardo Casas , Karl Kunisch