Necessary Optimality Conditions for Optimal Control Problems with Nonsmooth Mixed State and Control Constraints

In this paper we study an optimal control problem with nonsmooth mixed state and control constraints. In most of the existing results, the necessary optimality condition for optimal control problems with mixed state and control constraints are derived under the Mangasarian-Fromovitz condition and under the assumption that the state and control constraint functions are smooth. In this paper we derive necessary optimality conditions for problems with nonsmooth mixed state and control constraints under constraint qualifications based on pseudo-Lipschitz continuity and calmness of certain set-valued maps. The necessary conditions are stratified, in the sense that they are asserted on precisely the domain upon which the hypotheses (and the optimality) are assumed to hold. Moreover necessary optimality conditions with an Euler inclusion taking an explicit multiplier form are derived for certain cases.     

Sufficient Optimality Conditions for Optimal Control Problems with State Constraints

It is well-known in optimal control theory that the maximum principle, in general, furnishes only necessary optimality conditions for an admissible process to be an optimal one. It is also well-known that if a process satisfies the maximum principle in a problem with convex data, the maximum principle turns to be likewise a sufficient condition. Here an invexity type condition for state constrained optimal control problems is defined and shown to be a sufficient optimality condition. Further, it is demonstrated that all optimal control problems where all extremal processes are optimal necessarily obey this invexity condition. Thus optimal control problems which satisfy such a condition constitute the most general class of problems where the maximum principle becomes automatically a set of sufficient optimality conditions.     

Second-Order Optimality Conditions for a Semilinear Elliptic Optimal Control Problem with Mixed Pointwise Constraints

This paper studies second-order optimality conditions for a semilinear elliptic optimal control problem with mixed pointwise constraints. We show that in some cases, there is a common critical cone under which the second-order necessary and sufficient optimality conditions for the problem are valid. Our results approach to a theory of no-gap second-order conditions. In order to obtain such results, we reduce the problem to a special mathematical programming problem with polyhedricity constraint set. We then use some tools of variational analysis and techniques of semilinear elliptic equations to analyze second-order conditions.     

On the No-Gap Second-Order Optimality Conditions for a Discrete Optimal Control Problem with Mixed Constraints

Motivated by our recent works on optimality conditions in discrete optimal control problems under a nonconvex cost function, in this paper, we study second-order necessary and sufficient optimality conditions for a discrete optimal control problem with a nonconvex cost function and state-control constraints. By establishing an abstract result on second-order optimality conditions for a mathematical programming problem, we derive second-order necessary and sufficient optimality conditions for a discrete optimal control problem. Using a common critical cone for both the second-order necessary and sufficient optimality conditions, we obtain “no-gap” between second-order optimality conditions.     

Optimality Conditions for Nonregular Optimal Control Problems and Duality

We define a new class of optimal control problems and show that this class is the largest one of control problems where every admissible process that satisfies the Extended Pontryaguin Maximum Principle is an optimal solution of nonregular optimal control problems. In this class of problems the local and global minimum coincide. A dual problem is also proposed, which may be seen as a generalization of the Mond–Weir-type dual problem, and it is shown that the 2-invexity notion is a necessary and su?cient condition to establish weak, strong, and converse duality results between a nonregular optimal control problem and its dual problem. We also present an example to illustrate our results.     

On Global Optimality Conditions for Nonlinear Optimal Control Problems

Let a trajectory and control pair maximize globally the functional g(x(T)) in the basic optimal control problem. Then (evidently) any pair (x,u) from the level set of the functional g corresponding to the value g( (T)) is also globally optimal and satisfies the Pontryagin maximum principle. It is shown that this necessary condition for global optimality of turns out to be a sufficient one under the additional assumption of nondegeneracy of the maximum principle for every pair (x,u) from the above-mentioned level set. In particular, if the pair satisfies the Pontryagin maximum principle which is nondegenerate in the sense that for the Hamiltonian H, we have along the pair on [0,T], and if there is no another pair (x,u) such that g(x(T))=g( (T)), then is a global maximizer.     

Second-Order Necessary Optimality Conditions in Optimal Impulsive Control Problems

Impulsive optimal control problems are studied. Under the Frobenius conditions, second-order necessary optimality conditions are proved without any a priori normality assumptions.     

A Weak Maximum Principle for Optimal Control Problems with Nonsmooth Mixed Constraints

We derive a weak Maximum Principle for nonsmooth optimal control problem involving mixed constraints under some convexity assumptions. Notably we consider problems with possibly nonsmooth mixed constraints. A nonsmooth version of the positive linear independence of the gradients with respect to the control of the mixed constraints plays a key role in validation of our main result. The first author was support by FEDER and FCT-Portugal, grants POSC/EEA/SRI/61831/2004 and SFRH/BSAB/781/2008. G.N. Silva thanks the financial support of CNPq grant 200875/06-0 and FAPESP grant 07-5226-6.     

具混合约束的最优控制的二阶必要条件

本文研究了一类具等式与不等式约束的最优控制问题．用Ledzewicz和Schattler引进的二阶锥概念,证明了一个含高阶微商项的局部最大值原理。     

Decoupled Mixed Element Methods for Fourth Order Elliptic Optimal Control Problems with Control Constraints

In this paper, we study the finite element methods for distributed optimal control problems governed by the biharmonic operator. Motivated from reducing the regularity of solution space, we use the decoupled mixed element method which was used to approximate the solution of biharmonic equation to solve the fourth order optimal control problems. Two finite element schemes, i.e., Lagrange conforming element combined with full control discretization and the nonconforming Crouzeix-Raviart element combined with variational control discretization, are used to discretize the decoupled optimal control system. The corresponding a priori error estimates are derived under appropriate norms which are then verified by extensive numerical experiments.     

锥约束非光滑多目标优化问题的对偶及最优性条件

研究了一类涉广义不变凸锥约束非光滑多目标优化问题(记为(MOP)),结合Craven与Yang广义选择定理,建立了该优化问题的Kuhn-Tucker型最优性充分必要条件以及其鞍点与弱有效解之间的关系,给出了(MOP)的Wolfe型与Mond-Weir型弱、强以及逆对偶理论.     

混合整数二次规划问题的全局最优性条件

本文给出了混合整数二次规划问题的全局最优性条件,包括全局最优充分性条件和全局最优必要性条件.我们还给出了一个数值实例用以说明如何利用本文所给出的全局最优性条件来判定一个给定点是否是全局最优解.     

Necessary Optimality Conditions for Interval Optimization Problems with Functional and Abstract Constraints

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications - This work addresses interval optimization problems in which the objective function is interval-valued while the constraints are given in functional...     

Global Optimality Conditions for Optimal Control Problems with Functions of A.D. Alexandrov

The Nonconvex Optimal Control Problem with functions represented by the difference of two convex functions in terminal and integrand parts is considered. Global optimality conditions, bound up with the Pontryagin maximum principle, are proved, discussed, and illustrated by examples.     

Stratifiable Families of Extremals and Sufficient Conditions for Optimality in Optimal Control Problems

It is shown that, if a parametrized fämily of extremals F can be stratified in a way compatible with the flow map generated by F, then those trajectories of the family which realize the minimal values of the cost in F are indeed optimal in comparison with all trajectories which lie in the region R covered by the trajectories of F. It is not assumed that F is a field covering the state space injectively. As illustration, an optimal synthesis is constructed for a system where the flow of extremals exhibits a simple cusp singularity.     

Necessary Optimality Conditions for Problems with Equality and Inequality Constraints: Abnormal Case

This article concerns second-order necessary conditions for an abnormal local minimizer of a nonlinear optimization problem with equality and inequality constraints. The obtained optimality conditions improve the ones available in the literature in that the associated set of Lagrange multipliers is the smallest possible. The first and the second authors were supported by Russian Foundation of Basic Research, Projects 08-01-90267, 08-01-90001. The second and third authors were supported by FCT (Portugal), Research Projects SFRH/BPD/26231/2006, PTDC/EEA-ACR/75242/2006.