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Book Optimal Control of Variational Inequalities

Download or read book Optimal Control of Variational Inequalities written by Viorel Barbu and published by Pitman Advanced Publishing Program. This book was released on 1984 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Optimal Control Problems for Variational Inequalities

Download or read book Optimal Control Problems for Variational Inequalities written by Daniel James Yaniro and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Variational Inequalities and Frictional Contact Problems

Download or read book Variational Inequalities and Frictional Contact Problems written by Anca Capatina and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Variational Inequalities and Frictional Contact Problems contains a carefully selected collection of results on elliptic and evolutionary quasi-variational inequalities including existence, uniqueness, regularity, dual formulations, numerical approximations and error estimates ones. By using a wide range of methods and arguments, the results are presented in a constructive way, with clarity and well justified proofs. This approach makes the subjects accessible to mathematicians and applied mathematicians. Moreover, this part of the book can be used as an excellent background for the investigation of more general classes of variational inequalities. The abstract variational inequalities considered in this book cover the variational formulations of many static and quasi-static contact problems. Based on these abstract results, in the last part of the book, certain static and quasi-static frictional contact problems in elasticity are studied in an almost exhaustive way. The readers will find a systematic and unified exposition on classical, variational and dual formulations, existence, uniqueness and regularity results, finite element approximations and related optimal control problems. This part of the book is an update of the Signorini problem with nonlocal Coulomb friction, a problem little studied and with few results in the literature. Also, in the quasi-static case, a control problem governed by a bilateral contact problem is studied. Despite the theoretical nature of the presented results, the book provides a background for the numerical analysis of contact problems. The materials presented are accessible to both graduate/under graduate students and to researchers in applied mathematics, mechanics, and engineering. The obtained results have numerous applications in mechanics, engineering and geophysics. The book contains a good amount of original results which, in this unified form, cannot be found anywhere else.

Book Numerical Methods for Variational Inequalities and Optimal Control Problems

Download or read book Numerical Methods for Variational Inequalities and Optimal Control Problems written by Viorel Arnăutu and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Frontiers in PDE Constrained Optimization

Download or read book Frontiers in PDE Constrained Optimization written by Harbir Antil and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-12 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a broad and uniform introduction of PDE-constrained optimization as well as to document a number of interesting and challenging applications. Many science and engineering applications necessitate the solution of optimization problems constrained by physical laws that are described by systems of partial differential equations (PDEs)​. As a result, PDE-constrained optimization problems arise in a variety of disciplines including geophysics, earth and climate science, material science, chemical and mechanical engineering, medical imaging and physics. This volume is divided into two parts. The first part provides a comprehensive treatment of PDE-constrained optimization including discussions of problems constrained by PDEs with uncertain inputs and problems constrained by variational inequalities. Special emphasis is placed on algorithm development and numerical computation. In addition, a comprehensive treatment of inverse problems arising in the oil and gas industry is provided. The second part of this volume focuses on the application of PDE-constrained optimization, including problems in optimal control, optimal design, and inverse problems, among other topics.

Book Optimal Control of Elliptic Variational Inequalities

Download or read book Optimal Control of Elliptic Variational Inequalities written by Caroline Babette Löbhard and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Semismooth Newton Methods for Variational Inequalities and Constrained Optimization Problems in Function Spaces

Download or read book Semismooth Newton Methods for Variational Inequalities and Constrained Optimization Problems in Function Spaces written by Michael Ulbrich and published by SIAM. This book was released on 2011-07-28 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive treatment of semismooth Newton methods in function spaces: from their foundations to recent progress in the field. This book is appropriate for researchers and practitioners in PDE-constrained optimization, nonlinear optimization and numerical analysis, as well as engineers interested in the current theory and methods for solving variational inequalities.

Book Variational Inequalities and Flow in Porous Media

Download or read book Variational Inequalities and Flow in Porous Media written by M. Chipot and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These notes are the contents of a one semester graduate course which taught at Brown University during the academic year 1981-1982. They are mainly concerned with regularity theory for obstacle problems, and with the dam problem, which, in the rectangular case, is one of the most in teresting applications of Variational Inequalities with an obstacle. Very little background is needed to read these notes. The main re sults of functional analysis which are used here are recalled in the text. The goal of the two first chapters is to introduce the notion of Varia tional Inequality and give some applications from physical mathematics. The third chapter is concerned with a regularity theory for the obstacle problems. These problems have now invaded a large domain of applied mathematics including optimal control theory and mechanics, and a collec tion of regularity results available seems to be timely. Roughly speaking, for elliptic variational inequalities of second order we prove that the solution has as much regularity as the obstacle(s). We combine here the theory for one or two obstacles in a unified way, and one of our hopes is that the reader will enjoy the wide diversity of techniques used in this approach. The fourth chapter is concerned with the dam problem. This problem has been intensively studied during the past decade (see the books of Baiocchi-Capelo and Kinderlehrer-Stampacchia in the references). The relationship with Variational Inequalities has already been quoted above.

Book Applications of Variational Inequalities in Stochastic Control

Download or read book Applications of Variational Inequalities in Stochastic Control written by A. Bensoussan and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applications of Variational Inequalities in Stochastic Control

Book Optimal control of elliptic variational inequalities

Download or read book Optimal control of elliptic variational inequalities written by Kazufumi Ito and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nonconvex Optimal Control and Variational Problems

Download or read book Nonconvex Optimal Control and Variational Problems written by Alexander J. Zaslavski and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-12 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonconvex Optimal Control and Variational Problems is an important contribution to the existing literature in the field and is devoted to the presentation of progress made in the last 15 years of research in the area of optimal control and the calculus of variations. This volume contains a number of results concerning well-posedness of optimal control and variational problems, nonoccurrence of the Lavrentiev phenomenon for optimal control and variational problems, and turnpike properties of approximate solutions of variational problems. Chapter 1 contains an introduction as well as examples of select topics. Chapters 2-5 consider the well-posedness condition using fine tools of general topology and porosity. Chapters 6-8 are devoted to the nonoccurrence of the Lavrentiev phenomenon and contain original results. Chapter 9 focuses on infinite-dimensional linear control problems, and Chapter 10 deals with “good” functions and explores new understandings on the questions of optimality and variational problems. Finally, Chapters 11-12 are centered around the turnpike property, a particular area of expertise for the author. This volume is intended for mathematicians, engineers, and scientists interested in the calculus of variations, optimal control, optimization, and applied functional analysis, as well as both undergraduate and graduate students specializing in those areas. The text devoted to Turnpike properties may be of particular interest to the economics community.

Book Semismooth Newton Methods for Variational Inequalities and Constrained Optimization Problems in Function Spaces

Download or read book Semismooth Newton Methods for Variational Inequalities and Constrained Optimization Problems in Function Spaces written by Michael Ulbrich and published by SIAM. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semismooth Newton methods are a modern class of remarkably powerful and versatile algorithms for solving constrained optimization problems with partial differential equations (PDEs), variational inequalities, and related problems. This book provides a comprehensive presentation of these methods in function spaces, striking a balance between thoroughly developed theory and numerical applications. Although largely self-contained, the book also covers recent developments in the field, such as state-constrained problems, and offers new material on topics such as improved mesh independence results. The theory and methods are applied to a range of practically important problems, including: optimal control of nonlinear elliptic differential equations, obstacle problems, and flow control of instationary Navier-Stokes fluids. In addition, the author covers adjoint-based derivative computation and the efficient solution of Newton systems by multigrid and preconditioned iterative methods.

Book Optimal Control of Two Variational Inequalities Arising in Solid Mechanics

Download or read book Optimal Control of Two Variational Inequalities Arising in Solid Mechanics written by Thomas Betz and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Reduction of Some Optimal Control Problems with Variational Inequalities to Ill Posed Optimal Control Problems with Linear State Equations

Download or read book Reduction of Some Optimal Control Problems with Variational Inequalities to Ill Posed Optimal Control Problems with Linear State Equations written by Sergej Rotin and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Optimal Control of Partial Differential Equations and Variational Inequalities

Download or read book Optimal Control of Partial Differential Equations and Variational Inequalities written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation deals with optimal control of mathematical models described by partial differential equations and variational inequalities. It consists of two parts. In the first part, optimal control of a two dimensional steady state thermistor problem is considered. The thermistor problem is described by a system of two nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations coupled with some boundary conditions. The boundary conditions show how the thermistor is connected to its surroundings. Based on physical considerations, an objective functional to be minimized is introduced and the convective boundary coefficient is taken to be a control. Existence and uniqueness of the optimal control are proven. To characterize this optimal control, the optimality system consisting of the state and adjoint equations is derived. In the second part we consider a variational inequality of the obstacle type where the underlying partial differential operator is biharmonic. This kind of variational inequality arises in plasticity theory. It concerns the small transverse displacement of a plate when its boundary is fixed and the whole plate is subject to a pressure to lie on one side of an obstacle. We consider an optimal control problem where the state of the system is given by the solution of the variational inequality and the obstacle is taken to be a control. For a given target profile we want to find an obstacle such that the corresponding solution to the variational inequality is close the target profile while the norm of the obstacle does not get too large in the appropriate space. We prove existence of an optimal control and derive the optimality system by using approximation techniques. Namely, the variational inequality and the objective functional are approximated by a semilinear partial differential equation and a corresponding approximating functional, respectively.

Book Equilibrium Problems  Nonsmooth Optimization and Variational Inequality Models

Download or read book Equilibrium Problems Nonsmooth Optimization and Variational Inequality Models written by F. Giannessi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of the book is to cover the three fundamental aspects of research in equilibrium problems: the statement problem and its formulation using mainly variational methods, its theoretical solution by means of classical and new variational tools, the calculus of solutions and applications in concrete cases. The book shows how many equilibrium problems follow a general law (the so-called user equilibrium condition). Such law allows us to express the problem in terms of variational inequalities. Variational inequalities provide a powerful methodology, by which existence and calculation of the solution can be obtained.

Book Impulse Control and Quasi variational Inequalities

Download or read book Impulse Control and Quasi variational Inequalities written by Alain Bensoussan and published by Bordas Editions. This book was released on 1984 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The general aim of this book is to establish and study the relations that exist, via dynamic programming, between, on the one hand, stochastic control, and on the other hand variational and quasi-variational inequalities, with the intention of obtaining constructive methods of solution by numerical methods. It begins with numerous examples which occur in applications and goes on to study, from an analytical viewpoint, both elliptic and parabolic quasi-variational inequalities. Finally the authors reconstruct an optimal control starting from the solution of the quasi-variational inequality."--Amazon.