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In this paper we present a dynamic programing approach to stochastic optimal control problems with dynamic, time-consistent risk constraints. Constrained stochastic optimal control problems, which naturally arise when one has to consider…

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In many mechatronic applications, controller input costs are negligible and time optimality is of great importance to maximize the productivity by executing fast positioning maneuvers. As a result, the obtained control input has mostly a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-28 Joe Ismail , Steven Liu

Optimal control problems are formulated and efficient computational procedures are proposed for attitude dynamics of a rigid body with symmetry. The rigid body is assumed to act under a gravitational potential and under a structured control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Taeyoung Lee , N. Harris McClamroch , Melvin Leok

Solving optimal control problems to determine a stabilizing controller involves a significant computational effort. Time-varying optimal control provides a remedy by designing a tracking system, given as an ordinary differential equation,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-16 Patrick Schmidt , Stefan Streif

We introduce a vertical type relaxation for optimal control problems which only have $L^1$-coercivity for their controls. Usually such problems feature both concentration and oscillation effects at the same time. We propose relaxing to an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-12 Malte Kampschulte

In this paper, we propose a unified stochastic optimal control framework that integrates time-optimal control problems with classical stochastic optimal control formulations. Unlike conventional deterministic time-optimal control models,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Shuzhen Yang

This paper focuses on optimal control problem for a class of discrete-time nonlinear systems. In practical applications, computation time is a crucial consideration when solving nonlinear optimal control problems, especially under real-time…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-01 Chuanzhi Lv , Xunmin Yin , Hongdan Li , Huanshui Zhang

In this article, we consider a stochastic linear quadratic control problem with partial observation. A near optimal control in the weak formulation is characterized. The main features of this paper are the presence of the control in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-27 Jingrui Sun , Jiaqiang Wen , Jie Xiong , Wen Xu

The generation and storage of spin squeezing is an attracting topic in quantum metrology and the foundations of quantum mechanics. The major models to realize the spin squeezing are the one- and two-axis twisting models. Here, we consider a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-10 Qing-Shou Tan , Mao Zhang , Yu Chen , Jie-Qiao Liao , Jing Liu

In this survey we present the near-optimal stochastic control problem according to some recent tools in the literature. In particular, we focus on the approach of a discretization of the noise values instead of the canonical…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-06-30 Lourival Lima , Paulo Ruffino , Francys Souza

We present the conditions under which the time-optimal control problem for a nonlinear non-autonomous linearizable system can be solved by the method of successive approximations, at each step of which a power Markov moment min-problem is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-17 Katerina V. Sklyar , Svetlana Yu. Ignatovich

We consider a quantum control problem involving a spin-1/2 particle in a magnetic field. The magnitude of the field is held constant, and the direction of the field, which is constrained to lie in the x-y plane, serves as a control…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-30 A. D. Boozer

We consider a vibrating string that is fixed at one end with Neumann control action at the other end. We investigate the optimal control problem of steering this system from given initial data to rest, in time T , by minimizing an objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-05-20 Martin Gugat , Emmanuel Trélat , Enrique Zuazua

This paper studies an optimal stochastic impulse control problem in a finite horizon with a decision lag, by which we mean that after an impulse is made, a fixed number units of time has to be elapsed before the next impulse is allowed to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-09 Chang Li , Jiongmin Yong

Problem of time-optimal control of linear systems with fractional dynamics is treated in the paper from the convex-analytic standpoint. A linear system of fractional differential equations involving Riemann--Liouville derivatives is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-02 Ivan Matychyn

In many human-in-the-loop robotic applications such as robot-assisted surgery and remote teleoperation, predicting the intended motion of the human operator may be useful for successful implementation of shared control, guidance virtual…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-03-28 Arun Kumar Singh , Sigal Berman , Ilana Nisky

A geometric approach to time-dependent optimal control problems is proposed. This formulation is based on the Skinner and Rusk formalism for Lagrangian and Hamiltonian systems. The corresponding unified formalism developed for optimal…

The equivalence of time-optimal and distance-optimal control problems is shown for a class of parabolic control systems. Based on this equivalence, an approach for the efficient algorithmic solution of time-optimal control problems is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-17 Lucas Bonifacius , Karl Kunisch

In this paper, we study an optimal control problem of a mean-field forward-backward stochastic system with random jumps in progressive structure, where both regular and singular controls are considered in our formula. In virtue of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-30 Tian Chen , Kai Du , Zongyuan Huang , Zhen Wu

This paper studies (single-time and multitime) optimal control problems on a nonholonomic manifold (described either by the kernel of a Gibbs-Pfaff form or by the span of appropriate vector fields). For both descriptions we analyse:…

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