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In this paper we investigate a priori error estimates for the space-time Galerkin finite element discretization of a simplified semilinear gradient enhanced damage model. The model equations are of a special structure as the state equation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-14 Marita Holtmannspötter , Arnd Rösch

A wide variety of (fixed-point) iterative methods for the solution of nonlinear equations (in Hilbert spaces) exists. In many cases, such schemes can be interpreted as iterative local linearization methods, which, as will be shown, can be…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-16 Pascal Heid , Thomas P. Wihler

In this paper we develop an $hp$-adaptive procedure for the numerical solution of general, semilinear elliptic boundary value problems in 1d, with possible singular perturbations. Our approach combines both a prediction-type adaptive Newton…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-03-07 Mario Amrein , Jens M. Melenk , Thomas P. Wihler

This paper interprets the stabilized finite element method via residual minimization as a variational multiscale method. We approximate the solution to the partial differential equations using two discrete spaces that we build on a…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2023-05-23 Juan F. Giraldo , Victor M. Calo

Solving parabolic optimal control problems can be inherently challenging in the field of science and engineering, especially with constraints on the nonsmooth distributed control. Motivated by the extensive applicability of the alternating…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Haiming Song , Jinda Yang , Yuran Yang , Jianhua Yuan

In this paper we study the approximation of a distributed optimal control problem for linear para\-bolic PDEs with model order reduction based on Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD-MOR). POD-MOR is a Galerkin approach where the basis…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-12-08 Alessandro Alla , Carmen Graessle , Michael Hinze

We study the use of the hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) method for numerically solving fractional diffusion equations of order $-\alpha$ with $-1<\alpha<0$. For exact time-marching, we derive optimal algebraic error estimates…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-09-26 Bernardo Cockburn , Kassem Mustapha

In this paper, we propose an adaptive approach, based on mesh refinement or parametric enrichment with polynomial degree adaption, for numerical solution of convection dominated equations with random input data. A parametric system emerged…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-09 Pelin Çiloğlu , Hamdullah Yücel

This paper discusses the computation of derivatives for optimization problems governed by linear hyperbolic systems of partial differential equations (PDEs) that are discretized by the discontinuous Galerkin (dG) method. An efficient and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-11-28 Lucas C. Wilcox , Georg Stadler , Tan Bui-Thanh , Omar Ghattas

Presence of a high-dimensional stochastic parameter space with discontinuities poses major computational challenges in analyzing and quantifying the effects of the uncertainties in a physical system. In this paper, we propose a stochastic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-08-01 Anindya Bhaduri , Yanyan He , Michael D. Shields , Lori Graham-Brady , Robert M. Kirby

We propose consistent locally stabilized, conforming finite element schemes on completely unstructured simplicial space-time meshes for the numerical solution of non-autonomous parabolic evolution problems under the assumption of maximal…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-07 Ulrich Langer , Andreas Schafelner

We analyze space-time finite element methods for the numerical solution of distributed parabolic optimal control problems with energy regularization in the Bochner space $L^2(0,T;H^{-1}(\Omega))$. By duality, the related norm can be…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-04-22 Ulrich Langer , Olaf Steinbach , Fredi Tröltzsch , Huidong Yang

A study is conducted to evaluate four derivative estimation methods when solving a large sparse nonlinear programming problem that arises from the approximation of an optimal control problem using a direct collocation method. In particular,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-29 Yunus M. Agamawi , Anil V. Rao

A general-purpose C++ software program called $\mathbb{CGPOPS}$ is described for solving multiple-phase optimal control problems using adaptive Gaussian quadrature collocation. The software employs a Legendre-Gauss-Radau direct orthogonal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-30 Yunus M. Agamawi , Anil V. Rao

A local convergence rate is established for an orthogonal collocation method based on Radau quadrature applied to an unconstrained optimal control problem. If the continuous problem has a sufficiently smooth solution and the Hamiltonian…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-09-15 William W. Hager , Hongyan Hou , Anil V. Rao

We assess the applicability and efficiency of time-adaptive high-order splitting methods applied for the numerical solution of (systems of) nonlinear parabolic problems under periodic boundary conditions. We discuss in particular several…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-08 Winfried Auzinger , Othmar Koch , Michael Quell

While many methods exist to discretize nonlinear time-dependent partial differential equations (PDEs), the rigorous estimation and adaptive control of their discretization errors remains challenging. In this paper, we present a methodology…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-15 Xunxun Wu , Kristoffer van der Zee , Gorkem Simsek , Harald Van Brummelen

We propose a novel Galerkin discretization scheme for stochastic optimal control problems on an indefinite time horizon. The control problems are linear-quadratic in the controls, but possibly nonlinear in the state variables, and the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-10-01 Ralf Banisch , Carsten Hartmann

In this paper, we describe a stable finite element formulation for advection-diffusion-reaction problems that allows for robust automatic adaptive strategies to be easily implemented. We consider locally vanishing, heterogeneous, and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-09-01 Roberto J. Cier , Sergio Rojas , Victor M. Calo

This work investigates an elliptic optimal control problem defined on uncertain domains and discretized by a fictitious domain finite element method and cut elements. Key ingredients of the study are to manage cases considering the usually…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-06 Aikaterini Aretaki , Efthymios N. Karatzas