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In various biomedical applications, precise focusing of nonlinear ultrasonic waves is crucial for efficiency and safety of the involved procedures. This work analyzes a class of shape optimization problems constrained by general…

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In this paper we discuss optimality conditions for abstract optimization problems over complex spaces. We then apply these results to optimal control problems with a semigroup structure. As an application we detail the case when the state…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-15 M. Soledad Aronna , Frédéric Bonnans , Axel Kröner

The optimal stochastic control problem with a quadratic cost functional for linear partial differential equations (PDEs) driven by a state-and control-dependent white noise is formulated and studied. Both finite-and infinite-time horizons…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-17 Ying Hu , Shanjian Tang

We investigate optimal control of dynamical systems which are affine, i.e., linear in control, but nonlinear in state. The control task is to enforce the system state to follow a prescribed desired trajectory as closely as possible, a task…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-04-06 Jakob Löber

We consider an optimal control problem where the state equations are a coupled hyperbolic-elliptic system. This system arises in elastodynamics with piezoelectric effects -- the elastic stress tensor is a function of elastic displacement…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-05 Harbir Antil , Thomas S. Brown , Francisco-Javier Sayas

We propose a self-adaptive absorbing technique for quasilinear ultrasound waves in two- and three-dimensional computational domains. As a model for the nonlinear ultrasound propagation in thermoviscous fluids, we employ Westervelt's wave…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-01 Markus Muhr , Vanja Nikolić , Barbara Wohlmuth

This paper introduces a novel framework integrating nonlinear acoustic computing and reinforcement learning to enhance advanced human-robot interaction under complex noise and reverberation. Leveraging physically informed wave equations…

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This work establishes a general stochastic maximum principle for partially observed optimal control of semi-linear stochastic partial differential equations in a nonconvex control domain. The state evolves in a Hilbert space driven by a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-22 Yanzhao Cao , Hongjiang Qian , George Yin

This paper addresses the problem of robust and optimal control for the class of nonlinear quadratic systems subject to norm-bounded parametric uncertainties and disturbances, and in presence of some amplitude constraints on the control…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-01-12 Merola Alessio , Cosentino Carlo , Colacino Domenico , Amato Francesco

This paper investigates a class of controlled stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs) arising in the modeling of composite materials with spatially varying properties. The state equation describes the evolution of a material…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-24 Nacira Agram , Isabelle Turpin , Eya Zougar

We consider an optimal control problem governed by a rate-inde\-pendent system with non-convex energy. The state equation is approximated by means of viscous regularization w.r.t.\ to hierarchy of two different Hilbert spaces. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-12 Merlin Andreia , Christian Meyer

In this paper we consider an optimal control problem (OCP) for the coupled system of a nonlinear monotone Dirichlet problem with matrix- valued non-smooth controls in coefficients and a nonlinear equation of Ham- merstein type. Since…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-28 Olha P. Kupenko , Rosanna Manzo

The well-posedness of a class of optimal control problems is analysed, where the state equation couples a nonlinear degenerate Fokker-Planck equation with a system of Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs). Such problems naturally arise as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-01 Francesca Anceschi , Giacomo Ascione , Daniele Castorina , Francesco Solombrino

We consider optimal control of a new type of non-local stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs). The SPDEs have space interactions, in the sense that the dynamics of the system at time $t$ and position in space x also depend on the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-01 Nacira Agram , Astrid Hilbert , Khouloud Makhlouf , Bernt Øksendal

In this paper, we study optimal control problems on the internal energy for a system governed by a class of elliptic boundary hemivariational inequalities with a parameter. The system has been originated by a steady-state heat conduction…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-04 Claudia M. Gariboldi , Domingo A. Tarzia

In the aim to find the simplest and most efficient shape of a noise absorbing wall to dissipate the acoustical energy of a sound wave, we consider a frequency model described by the Helmholtz equation with a damping on the boundary. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-07-23 Frédéric Magoulès , Thi Phuong Kieu Nguyen , Pascal Omnes , Anna Rozanova-Pierrat

Large amplitude ion acoustic waves are excited and controlled by a chirped frequency driving perturbation. The process involves capturing into autoresonance (a continuous nonlinear synchronization) with the drive by passage through the…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-01-08 L. Friedland , A. G. Shagalov

This paper is concerned with the state-constrained optimal control of the three-dimensional thermistor problem, a fully quasilinear coupled system of a parabolic and elliptic PDE with mixed boundary conditions. This system models the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-07-02 Hannes Meinlschmidt , Christian Meyer , Joachim Rehberg

In this paper we prove necessary conditions for optimality of a stochastic control problem for a class of stochastic partial differential equations that is controlled through the boundary. This kind of problems can be interpreted as a…

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