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We study a continuous time stochastic optimal control problem under partial observations that are available only at discrete time instants. This hybrid setting, with continuous dynamics and intermittent noisy measurements, arises in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Christian Bayer , Saifeddine Ben naamia , Erik von Schwerin , Raul Tempone

In this paper, the optimal strong error estimates for stochastic parabolic optimal control problem with additive noise and integral state constraint are derived based on time-implicit and finite element discretization. The continuous and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-13 Qiming Wang , Wanfang Shen , Wenbin Liu

In this paper, a quadratic optimal control problem is considered for second-order parabolic PDEs with homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions, in which the "point" control function (depending only on time) constitutes a source term. These…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-04 Gilberto O. Corrêa , Marlon M. López-Flores , Alexandre L. Madureira

This article contributes to a framework for a computational indirect method based on the Pontryagin maximum principle to efficiently solve a class of state constrained time-optimal control problems in the presence of a time-dependent flow…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-30 Roman Chertovskih , Nathalie T. Khalil , Fernando Lobo Pereira

In this article, we explore two distinct issues. Initially, we examine the utilization of the Pontriagin maximum principle in relation to fractional delay differential equations. Additionally, we discuss the optimal approach for solving the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-19 Jasarat J. Gasimov , Javad A. Asadzade , Nazim I. Mahmudov

We study an optimal control problem for the stochastic wave equation driven by affine multiplicative noise, formulated as a stochastic linear-quadratic (SLQ) problem. By applying a stochastic Pontryagin's maximum principle, we characterize…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-30 Abhishek Chaudhary

In this work we provide a first order sensitivity analysis of some parameterized stochastic optimal control problems. The parameters can be given by random processes. The main tool is the one-to-one correspondence between the adjoint states…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-04-07 Julio Backhoff , Francisco Silva

We provide an improvment of the maximum principle of Pon-tryagin of the optimal control problems, for a system governed by an ordinary differential equation, in presence of final constraints, in the setting of the piece-wise differentiable…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-03 Joël Blot , Hasan Yilmaz

We consider optimal control problems, where the control appears in the main part of the operator. We derive the Pontryagin maximum principle as a necessary optimality condition. The proof uses the concept of topological derivatives. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-08-01 Daniel Wachsmuth

This work establishes two versions of the Pontryagin-type maximum principles for partially observed optimal control of coupled forward stochastic partial differential equations (FSPDEs) and backward stochastic differential equations (BSDEs)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Hongjiang Qian , George Yin , Yanzhao Cao , Guannan Zhang

An optimal control problem for a semilinear elliptic equation of divergence form is considered. Both the leading term and the semilinear term of the state equation contain the control. The well-known Pontryagin type maximum principle for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-28 Hongwei Lou , Jiongmin Yong

Exploiting our previous results on higher order controlled Lagrangians in [Nonlinear Anal. {\bf 207} (2021), 112263], we derive here an analogue of the classical first order Pontryagin Maximum Principle (PMP) for cost minimising problems…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-17 Franco Cardin , Cristina Giannotti , Andrea Spiro

In this paper, we focus on a method based on optimal control to address the optimization problem. The objective is to find the optimal solution that minimizes the objective function. We transform the optimization problem into optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Yeming Xu , Ziyuan Guo , Hongxia Wang , Huanshui Zhang

We consider distributed-order non-local fractional optimal control problems with controls taking values on a closed set and prove a strong necessary optimality condition of Pontryagin type. The possibility that admissible controls are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-10 Faical Ndairou , Delfim F. M. Torres

This article treats optimal sparse control problems with multiple constraints defined at intermediate points of the time domain. For such problems with intermediate constraints, we first establish a new Pontryagin maximum principle that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-22 Yogesh Kumar , Sukumar Srikant , Debasish Chatterjee , Masaaki Nagahara

In this paper we consider a constrained parabolic optimal control problem. The cost functional is quadratic and it combines the distance of the trajectory of the system from the desired evolution profile together with the cost of a control.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-29 Luka Grubišić , Martin Lazar , Ivica Nakić , Martin Tautenhahn

Model predictive control offers a powerful framework for managing constrained systems, but its repeated online optimization can become computationally prohibitive. Multiparametric programming addresses this challenge by precomputing optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Lida Lamakani , Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos

The fundamental theorem of the theory of optimal control, the Pontryagin maximum principle (PMP), is extended to the setting of almost Lie (AL) algebroids, geometrical objects generalizing Lie algebroids. This formulation of the PMP yields,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-06-13 Janusz Grabowski , Michal Jozwikowski

Optimal control remains as one of the most versatile frameworks in systems theory, enabling applications ranging from classical robust control to real-time safe operation of fleets of vehicles. While some optimal control problems can be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-20 Runxin He , Humberto Gonzalez

This paper studies the decay of an objective functional using a new control technique within Pontryagin's framework. Convergence analysis is carried out on the infinite-dimensional space of Tokamak plasma dynamical state as described by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-10 Slim Jmal , Matteo Tacchi-Bénard , Emmanuel Witrant