Second-order analysis for optimal control problems with pure state constraints and mixed control-state constraints
Second-Order Boundary regularity for quasilinear variational inequalities.
Seeking bang-bang solutions of mixed immuno-chemotherapy of tumors.
Semiconcavity results for optimal control problems admitting no singular minimizing controls
Semipermeable surfaces for non-smooth differential inclusions
We investigate the regularity of semipermeable surfaces along barrier solutions without the assumption of smoothness of the right-hand side of the differential inclusion. We check what can be said if the assumptions concern not the right-hand side itself but the cones it generates. We examine also the properties of families of sets with semipermeable boundaries.
Semi-smooth Newton methods for the Signorini problem
Semi-smooth Newton methods are analyzed for the Signorini problem. A proper regularization is introduced which guarantees that the semi-smooth Newton method is superlinearly convergent for each regularized problem. Utilizing a shift motivated by an augmented Lagrangian framework, to the regularization term, the solution to each regularized problem is feasible. Convergence of the regularized problems is shown and a report on numerical experiments is given.
Sensitivity examination of the simulation result of discrete event dynamic systems with perturbation analysis.
Simulation completed with perturbation analysis provides a new approach for the optimal control of queuing network type systems. The objective of this paper is to calculate the sensitivity range of finite zero-order perturbation, that is, to determine the maximum and minimum size of perturbation within which zero-order propagation rules can be applied. By the introduction of the concept of virtual queue and first and second level no-input and full-output matrices, an algorithm is provided which...
Sensor network design for the estimation of spatially distributed processes
In a typical moving contaminating source identification problem, after some type of biological or chemical contamination has occurred, there is a developing cloud of dangerous or toxic material. In order to detect and localize the contamination source, a sensor network can be used. Up to now, however, approaches aiming at guaranteeing a dense region coverage or satisfactory network connectivity have dominated this line of research and abstracted away from the mathematical description of the physical...
Several approaches to pulse-width-modulated regulator synthesis via quasilinearization
Shape optimization of elasto-plastic bodies
Existence of an optimal shape of a deformable body made from a physically nonlinear material obeying a specific nonlinear generalized Hooke’s law (in fact, the so called deformation theory of plasticity is invoked in this case) is proved. Approximation of the problem by finite elements is also discussed.
Shape optimization of piezoelectric sensors or actuators for the control of plates
This paper deals with a new method to control flexible structures by designing non-collocated sensors and actuators satisfying a pseudo-collocation criterion in the low-frequency domain. This technique is applied to a simply supported plate with a point force actuator and a piezoelectric sensor, for which we give some theoretical and numerical results. We also compute low-order controllers which stabilize pseudo-collocated systems and the closed-loop behavior show that this approach is very promising....
Shape optimization of piezoelectric sensors or actuators for the control of plates
This paper deals with a new method to control flexible structures by designing non-collocated sensors and actuators satisfying a pseudo-collocation criterion in the low-frequency domain. This technique is applied to a simply supported plate with a point force actuator and a piezoelectric sensor, for which we give some theoretical and numerical results. We also compute low-order controllers which stabilize pseudo-collocated systems and the closed-loop behavior show that this approach is very promising. ...
Sharp summability for Monge transport density via interpolation
Using some results proved in De Pascale and Pratelli [Calc. Var. Partial Differ. Equ. 14 (2002) 249-274] (and De Pascale et al. [Bull. London Math. Soc. 36 (2004) 383-395]) and a suitable interpolation technique, we show that the transport density relative to an source is also an function for any .
Sharp summability for Monge Transport density via Interpolation
Using some results proved in De Pascale and Pratelli [Calc. Var. Partial Differ. Equ.14 (2002) 249-274] (and De Pascale et al. [Bull. London Math. Soc.36 (2004) 383-395]) and a suitable interpolation technique, we show that the transport density relative to an Lp source is also an Lp function for any .
Simulated annealing on uncorrelated energy landscapes.
Simultaneous almost minimization of convex functions and duals of results related to maximal monotonicity.
Singular minimisers in the calculus of variations : a degenerate form of cavitation
Singular perturbation for the Dirichlet boundary control of elliptic problems
A current procedure that takes into account the Dirichlet boundary condition with non-smooth data is to change it into a Robin type condition by introducing a penalization term; a major effect of this procedure is an easy implementation of the boundary condition. In this work, we deal with an optimal control problem where the control variable is the Dirichlet data. We describe the Robin penalization, and we bound the gap between the penalized and the non-penalized boundary controls for the small...
Singular perturbation for the Dirichlet boundary control of elliptic problems
A current procedure that takes into account the Dirichlet boundary condition with non-smooth data is to change it into a Robin type condition by introducing a penalization term; a major effect of this procedure is an easy implementation of the boundary condition. In this work, we deal with an optimal control problem where the control variable is the Dirichlet data. We describe the Robin penalization, and we bound the gap between the penalized and the non-penalized boundary controls for the small...
Sixty years of cybernetics: a comparison of approaches to solving the control problem
The H2 control problem consists of stabilizing a control system while minimizing the H2 norm of its transfer function. Several solutions to this problem are available. For systems in state space form, an optimal regulator can be obtained by solving two algebraic Riccati equations. For systems described by transfer functions, either Wiener-Hopf optimization or projection results can be applied. The optimal regulator is then obtained using operations with proper stable rational matrices: inner-outer...