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We investigate the spreading properties of a three-species competition-diffusion system, which is non-cooperative. We apply the Hamilton-Jacobi approach, due to Freidlin, Evans and Souganidis, to establish upper and lower estimates of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-19 King-Yeung Lam , Qian Liu , Shuang Liu

We consider the optimal control of solutions of first order Hamilton-Jacobi equations, where the Hamiltonian is convex with linear growth. This models the problem of steering the propagation of a front by constructing an obstacle. We prove…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-10-11 Philip Jameson Graber

We present a framework for efficient extraction of the viscosity solutions of nonlinear Hamilton-Jacobi equations with convex Hamiltonians. These viscosity solutions play a central role in areas such as front propagation, mean-field games,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 Shi Jin , Nana Liu

We introduce a family of hybrid discretisations for the numerical approximation of optimal control problems governed by the equations of immiscible displacement in porous media. The proposed schemes are based on mixed and discontinuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-02 S. Kumar , R. Ruiz Baier , R. Sandilya

We introduce a new numerical method to approximate the solutions of a class of stationary Hamilton-Jacobi (HJ) partial differential equations arising from minimum time optimal control problems. We rely on nested grid approximations, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-10 Marianne Akian , Stéphane Gaubert , Shanqing Liu

We introduce a high-order finite element method for approximating the Vlasov-Poisson equations. This approach employs continuous Lagrange polynomials in space and explicit Runge-Kutta schemes for time discretization. To stabilize the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-12 Junjie Wen , Murtazo Nazarov

This paper investigates the optimal control problems for the finite-horizon continuous-time Markov decision processes with delay-dependent control policies. We develop compactification methods in decision processes, and show that the…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-07-06 Zhong-Wei Liao , Jinghai Shao

We consider an optimal control on networks in the spirit of the works of Achdou et al. (2013) and Imbert et al. (2013). The main new feature is that there are entry (or exit) costs at the edges of the network leading to a possible…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-01-30 Manh-Khang Dao

In this article, we study the large time behavior of solutions of first-order Hamilton-Jacobi Equations, set in a bounded domain with nonlinear Neumann boundary conditions, including the case of dynamical boundary conditions. We establish…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-30 Guy Barles , Hiroyoshi Mitake , Hitoshi Ishii

In this paper, we present a high order finite difference solver for anisotropic diffusion problems based on the first-order hyperbolic system method. In particular, we demonstrate that the construction of a uniformly accurate fifth-order…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-07-30 Amareshwara Sainadh Chamarthi , Hiroaki Nishikawa , Kimiya Komurasaki

We are interested in high-order linear multistep schemes for time discretization of adjoint equations arising within optimal control problems. First we consider optimal control problems for ordinary differential equations and show loss of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-07-24 Giacomo Albi , Michael Herty , Lorenzo Pareschi

This paper introduces a novel methodology that leverages the Hamilton-Jacobi solution to enhance non-linear model predictive control (MPC) in scenarios affected by navigational uncertainty. Using Hamilton-Jacobi-Theoretic approach, a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-01 Amit Jain , Roshan T. Eapen , Puneet Singla

We prove that a directed last passage percolation model with discontinuous macroscopic (non-random) inhomogeneities has a continuum limit that corresponds to solving a Hamilton-Jacobi equation in the viscosity sense. This Hamilton-Jacobi…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-06-18 Jeff Calder

CASL-HJX is a computational framework designed for solving deterministic and stochastic Hamilton-Jacobi equations in two spatial dimensions. It provides a flexible and efficient approach to modeling front propagation problems, optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-21 Faranak Rajabi , Jacob Fingerman , Andrew Wang , Jeff Moehlis , Frederic Gibou

The aim of this paper is to develop a general method for constructing approximation schemes for viscosity solutions of fully nonlinear pathwise stochastic partial differential equations, and for proving their convergence. Our results apply…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-11-01 Benjamin Seeger

We present an efficient transcription method for highly oscillatory optimal control problems. For these problems, the optimal state trajectory consists of fast oscillations that change slowly over the time horizon. Out of a large number of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-19 Jakob Harzer , Jochem De Schutter , Moritz Diehl

We use the adjoint methods to study the static Hamilton-Jacobi equations and to prove the speed of convergence for those equations. The main new ideas are to introduce adjoint equations corresponding to the formal linearizations of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-01-04 Hung Vinh Tran

This paper presents the design and analysis of a Hybrid High-Order (HHO) approximation for a distributed optimal control problem governed by the Poisson equation. We propose three distinct schemes to address unconstrained control problems…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-14 Gouranga Mallik , Ramesh Chandra Sau

Despite its numerical challenges, finite element method is used to compute viscous fluid flow. A consensus on the cause of numerical problems has been reached; however, general algorithms---allowing a robust and accurate simulation for any…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-02-05 Bilen Emek Abali

This paper studies the stochastic optimal control of jump-diffusion processes and the associated fully nonlinear backward stochastic Hamilton--Jacobi--Bellman (BSHJB) equations. We establish the dynamic programming principle (DPP) via…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-21 Dunxiang Liang , Qingxin Meng