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10 October 2023

We consider a finite horizon multi-model linear-quadratic optimal control problem. For this problem, we treat the case where the problem’s functional does not contain a control function. The latter means that the problem under consideration is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,480 Views
18 Pages

6 September 2024

This paper focuses on addressing the linear quadratic (LQ) optimal control problem on an infinite time horizon for stochastic systems controlled by impulses. No constraint regarding the sign of the quadratic functional is applied. That is why our fir...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,651 Views
13 Pages

1 April 2020

This paper presents the optimal control approach to solve both Lambert’s problem and Gibbs’ method, which are commonly used for preliminary orbit determination. Lambert’s problem is reinterpreted with Hamilton’s principle and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,120 Views
15 Pages

This paper investigates the well-posedness of the inverse problem for the time-fractional Burgers equation, which aims to reconstruct initial conditions from terminal observations. Such equations are crucial for the modeling of hydrodynamic phenomena...

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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,097 Views
9 Pages

3 March 2021

This paper deals with an optimal control problem for a linear system of first-order hyperbolic equations with a function on the right-hand side determined from controlled bilinear ordinary differential equations. These ordinary differential equations...

  • Article
  • Open Access
586 Views
28 Pages

17 November 2025

In this paper, we study the optimal boundary control of solidification governed by the classical two-phase Stefan problem with a sharp moving interface. The main objective is to formulate an optimal control problem for interface motion using boundary...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,822 Views
13 Pages

29 March 2021

Optimal control problems governed by stochastic partial differential equations have become an important field in applied mathematics. In this article, we investigate one such important optimization problem, that is, the stochastic Stokes control prob...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,323 Views
15 Pages

In this paper spectral Galerkin approximation of optimal control problem governed by fractional advection diffusion reaction equation with integral state constraint is investigated. First order optimal condition of the control problem is discussed. W...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,582 Views
14 Pages

24 September 2018

We consider a discrete-time susceptible-infected-removed-susceptible “again” (SIRS) epidemic model, and we introduce an optimal control function to seek the best control policy for preventing the spread of an infection to the susceptible...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,604 Views
12 Pages

In this research article, an optimal control problem (OCP) with boundary observations is approximated using finite element method (FEM) with weighted extended B-splines (WEB-splines) as basis functions. This type of OCP has a distinct aspect that the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,967 Views
19 Pages

13 February 2023

A multilevel Monte Carlo (MLMC) method is applied to simulate a stochastic optimal problem based on the gradient projection method. In the numerical simulation of the stochastic optimal control problem, the approximation of expected value is involved...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,964 Views
14 Pages

8 July 2023

This paper is devoted to proposing an approximate numerical algorithm based on the use of the state parameterization technique in order to find the solution to the optimal control problem (OCP). An explicit formula for new shifted wavelet (NSW) funct...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,222 Views
18 Pages

25 November 2020

A numerical method based on the Pontryagin maximum principle for solving an optimal control problem with static and dynamic phase constraints for a group of objects is considered. Dynamic phase constraints are introduced to avoid collisions between o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
908 Views
25 Pages

25 May 2025

This study establishes a fractional-order model (FOM) to describe the rumor spreading process. Members of society in this FOM are classified into three categories that change with time—the population that is ignorant of the rumors and does not...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,425 Views
16 Pages

18 September 2024

This study focuses on improving the application of the quadratic penalty smoothing technique for solving the fuel-optimal problem of low-thrust trajectory. Some practical techniques, including the Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm (PSO), the co-s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,888 Views
8 Pages

6 September 2019

In this paper, optimality conditions are studied for a new class of PDE and PDI-constrained scalar variational control problems governed by path-independent curvilinear integral functionals. More precisely, we formulate and prove a minimal criterion...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,733 Views
19 Pages

Optimal Control Problems for Set-Valued Quasivariational Inequalities with Applications

  • Shih-Sen Chang,
  • Salahuddin,
  • Lin Wang,
  • Jinfang Tang and
  • Liangcai Zhao

23 February 2022

In this paper we investigate the optimal control problem for set-valued quasivariational inequality with unilateral constraints. Under suitable conditions, we prove that the solution to the current optimal control problem converges to a solution to o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,577 Views
18 Pages

22 September 2023

The development of artificial intelligence systems assumes that a machine can independently generate an algorithm of actions or a control system to solve the tasks. To do this, the machine must have a formal description of the problem and possess com...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,736 Views
29 Pages

BVPs Codes for Solving Optimal Control Problems

  • Francesca Mazzia and
  • Giuseppina Settanni

17 October 2021

Optimal control problems arise in many applications and need suitable numerical methods to obtain a solution. The indirect methods are an interesting class of methods based on the Pontryagin’s minimum principle that generates Hamiltonian Boundary Val...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,529 Views
18 Pages

In this paper, we consider the problem of selecting the most efficient optimization algorithm for neural network approximation—solving optimal control problems with mixed constraints. The original optimal control problem is reduced to a finite-dimens...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,899 Views
34 Pages

Noether Theorem in Stochastic Optimal Control Problems via Contact Symmetries

  • Francesco C. De Vecchi,
  • Elisa Mastrogiacomo,
  • Mattia Turra and
  • Stefania Ugolini

24 April 2021

We establish a generalization of the Noether theorem for stochastic optimal control problems. Exploiting the tools of jet bundles and contact geometry, we prove that from any (contact) symmetry of the Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman equation associated with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,038 Views
10 Pages

2 March 2023

The optimal control theory in mathematics aims to study the finding of control for a dynamic system over time, where an objective function is optimized. It has a broad range of applications in engineering, operations research, and science. The main p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,290 Views
21 Pages

Mixed Cost Function and State Constrains Optimal Control Problems

  • Hugo Leiva,
  • Guido Tapia-Riera,
  • Jhoana P. Romero-Leiton and
  • Cosme Duque

In this paper, we analyze an optimal control problem with a mixed cost function, which combines a terminal cost at the final state and an integral term involving the state and control variables. The problem includes both state and control constraints...

  • Article
  • Open Access
248 Views
19 Pages

The Optimal Frequency Control Problem of a Nonlinear Oscillator

  • Victor Ilyutko,
  • Dmitrii Kamzolkin and
  • Vladimir Ternovski

22 December 2025

We study a minimum-time (time-optimal) control problem for a nonlinear pendulum-type oscillator, in which the control input is the system’s natural frequency constrained to a prescribed interval. The objective is to transfer the oscillator from...

  • Article
  • Open Access
482 Views
21 Pages

28 November 2025

This paper presents an enhanced inertial Tseng’s extragradient method designed to address variational inequality problems involving pseudomonotone operators, along with fixed point problems governed by quasi-nonexpansive operators in real Hilbe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,244 Views
12 Pages

The Time-Optimal Control Problem of a Kind of Petrowsky System

  • Dongsheng Luo,
  • Wei Wei,
  • Hongyong Deng and
  • Yumei Liao

28 March 2019

In this paper, we consider the time-optimal control problem about a kind of Petrowsky system and its bang-bang property. To solve this problem, we first construct another control problem, whose null controllability is equivalent to the controllabilit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,707 Views
21 Pages

21 January 2023

In this paper, elliptic optimal control problems with L1-control cost and box constraints on the control are considered. To numerically solve the optimal control problems, we use the First optimize, then discretize approach. We focus on the inexact a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,583 Views
9 Pages

31 March 2022

An adaptive moving mesh method for optimal control problems in viscous incompressible fluid is proposed with the incompressible Navier–Stokes system used to describe the motion of the fluid. The moving distance of nodes in the adopted mesh movi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,457 Views
14 Pages

In response to the problem of low optimization efficiency and low tracking accuracy in vehicle path tracking, a comprehensive optimization method is established based on the 3-DOF vehicle motion model. The outer layer adopts the adaptive particle swa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
560 Views
11 Pages

Averaging of Linear Quadratic Parabolic Optimal Control Problem

  • Olena Kapustian,
  • Oleksandr Laptiev and
  • Adalbert Makarovych

2 July 2025

This paper studies an averaged Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) problem for a parabolic partial differential equation (PDE), where the system dynamics are affected by uncertain parameters. Instead of assuming a deterministic operator, we model the un...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,538 Views
28 Pages

Fabrication of Silica Optical Fibers: Optimal Control Problem Solution

  • Vladimir Pervadchuk,
  • Daria Vladimirova,
  • Irina Gordeeva,
  • Alex G. Kuchumov and
  • Dmitrij Dektyarev

29 November 2021

In this work, a new approach to solving problems of optimal control of manufacture procedures for the production of silica optical fiber are proposed. The procedure of silica tubes alloying by the Modified Chemical Vapor Deposition (MCVD) method and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,891 Views
18 Pages

13 October 2020

We propose two efficient numerical approaches for solving variable-order fractional optimal control-affine problems. The variable-order fractional derivative is considered in the Caputo sense, which together with the Riemann–Liouville integral...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,291 Views
15 Pages

Optimal Stochastic Control in the Interception Problem of a Randomly Tacking Vehicle

  • Andrey A. Galyaev,
  • Pavel V. Lysenko and
  • Evgeny Y. Rubinovich

25 September 2021

This article considers the mathematical aspects of the problem of the optimal interception of a mobile search vehicle moving along random tacks on a given route and searching for a target, which travels parallel to this route. Interception begins whe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
865 Views
17 Pages

18 February 2025

This paper is devoted to the solution of the optimal control problem. The obtained control should be optimal in terms of quality criteria and, at the same time, feasible when implemented in the control object. To solve the optimal control problem in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
842 Views
23 Pages

This article proposes a method to solve nonlinear optimal control problems with arbitrary performance indices and terminal constraints, which is based on the neighboring extremal method and Gauss pseudospectral collocation. Firstly, a quadratic perfo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,195 Views
16 Pages

In this paper, we consider the numerical solution of the optimal control problems of the elliptic partial differential equation. Numerically tackling these problems using the finite element method produces a large block coupled algebraic system of eq...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,262 Views
11 Pages

18 February 2023

The optimal control currently decides the minimum energy consumption within the problems attached to subways. Among other things, we formulate and solve an optimal bi-control problem, the two controls being the acceleration and the feed-back of a Rie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,400 Views
13 Pages

20 July 2023

This paper investigates some duality results of a mixed type for a class of multiple objective fractional optimal control problems. More precisely, by considering the Wolfe- and Mond–Weir-type dualities, we formulate a robust mixed-type dual pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,486 Views
16 Pages

Aiming at the problem of multiple constraints and low solving efficiency in the process of vehicle path tracking, an improved hp-adaptive Radau pseudospectral method (I-hp-ARPM) which uses a double-layer optimization iteration strategy and the residu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,885 Views
18 Pages

20 August 2022

In this paper, a linear Chebyshev pseudospectral method (LCPM) is proposed to solve the nonlinear optimal control problems (OCPs) with hard terminal constraints and unspecified final time, which uses Chebyshev collocation scheme and quasi-linearizati...

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477 Views
20 Pages

10 November 2025

This paper tackles the ill-posed inversion of initial conditions and diffusion coefficient for Burgers’ equation with a source term. Using optimal control theory combined with a finite difference discretization scheme and a dual-functional desc...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,237 Views
7 Pages

This paper considers the difficulties that arise in the implementation of solutions to the optimal control problem. When implemented in real systems, as a rule, the object is subject to some perturbations, and the control obtained as a function of ti...

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  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,404 Views
14 Pages

31 July 2021

Two approaches to the numerical solution of the optimal control problem are studied. The direct approach is based on the reduction of the optimal control problem to a nonlinear programming problem. Another approach is so-called synthesized optimal co...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
9,533 Views
16 Pages

Optimal Control Approaches to the Aggregate Production Planning Problem

  • Yasser A. Davizón,
  • César Martínez-Olvera,
  • Rogelio Soto,
  • Carlos Hinojosa and
  • Piero Espino-Román

10 December 2015

In the area of production planning and control, the aggregate production planning (APP) problem represents a great challenge for decision makers in production-inventory systems. Tradeoff between inventory-capacity is known as the APP problem. To addr...

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  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,583 Views
27 Pages

Optimal Feedback Control Problem for the Fractional Voigt-α Model

  • Victor Zvyagin,
  • Andrey Zvyagin and
  • Anastasiia Ustiuzhaninova

21 July 2020

The study of the existence of an optimal feedback control problem for the initial-boundary value problem that describes the motion of the fractional Voigt- α model of a viscoelastic medium is investigated in this paper. In this model, the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,821 Views
19 Pages

Time-Optimal Control Problem of Two Non-Synchronous Oscillators

  • Leonid Berlin,
  • Andrey Galyaev and
  • Pavel Lysenko

29 September 2022

The time-optimal control problem for a system consisting of two non-synchronous oscillators is considered. Each oscillator is controlled with a shared limited scalar control. The objective of the control is to accelerate the oscillatory system to a g...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,600 Views
17 Pages

26 February 2021

We research a control problem for an ecological model given by a reaction–diffusion system. The ecological model is given by a nonlinear parabolic PDE system of three equations modelling the interaction of three species by considering the standard Lo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,327 Views
20 Pages

12 October 2024

In this study, we consider the extended optimal control problem and search for a control function in the class of feasible functions for a real control object. Unlike the classical optimal control problem, the control function should depend on the st...

  • Article
  • Open Access
587 Views
27 Pages

15 July 2025

Uncertain singular non-causal systems represent a class of singular systems distinguished by the presence of regularity constraints and the involvement of uncertain variables. This paper considers optimal control problems for such systems under the H...

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