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In this paper, we present a structured solver based on the preconditioned conjugate gradient method (PCGM) for solving the linear quadratic (LQ) optimal control problem for $K \times N$ sub-systems connected in a two-dimensional (2D) grid…
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A stochastic linear quadratic (LQ) optimal control problem with a pointwise linear equality constraint on the terminal state is considered. A strong Lagrangian duality theorem is proved under a uniform convexity condition on the cost…