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We consider a class of stochastic optimal control problems with partial observation, and study their approximation by discrete-time control problems. We establish a convergence result by using weak convergence technique of Kushner and…
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We consider the optimal control problem of a general nonlinear spatio-temporal system described by Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). Theory and algorithms for control of spatio-temporal systems are of rising interest among the…
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We present new Dirichlet-Neumann and Neumann-Dirichlet algorithms with a time domain decomposition applied to unconstrained parabolic optimal control problems. After a spatial semi-discretization, we use the Lagrange multiplier approach to…
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