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Main Authors: Buchheim, Christoph, Grütering, Alexandra, Meyer, Christian
Format: Preprint
Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.07008
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author Buchheim, Christoph
Grütering, Alexandra
Meyer, Christian
author_facet Buchheim, Christoph
Grütering, Alexandra
Meyer, Christian
contents We consider optimal control problems for partial differential equations where the controls take binary values but vary over the time horizon, they can thus be seen as dynamic switches. The switching patterns may be subject to combinatorial constraints such as, e.g., an upper bound on the total number of switchings or a lower bound on the time between two switchings. In a companion paper [arXiv:2203.07121], we describe the $L^p$-closure of the convex hull of feasible switching patterns as intersection of convex sets derived from finite-dimensional projections. In this paper, the resulting outer description is used for the construction of an outer approximation algorithm in function space, whose iterates are proven to converge strongly in $L^2$ to the global minimizer of the convexified optimal control problem. The linear-quadratic subproblems arising in each iteration of the outer approximation algorithm are solved by means of a semi-smooth Newton method. A numerical example in two spatial dimensions illustrates the efficiency of the overall algorithm.
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spellingShingle Parabolic optimal control problems with combinatorial switching constraints -- Part II: Outer approximation algorithm
Buchheim, Christoph
Grütering, Alexandra
Meyer, Christian
Optimization and Control
We consider optimal control problems for partial differential equations where the controls take binary values but vary over the time horizon, they can thus be seen as dynamic switches. The switching patterns may be subject to combinatorial constraints such as, e.g., an upper bound on the total number of switchings or a lower bound on the time between two switchings. In a companion paper [arXiv:2203.07121], we describe the $L^p$-closure of the convex hull of feasible switching patterns as intersection of convex sets derived from finite-dimensional projections. In this paper, the resulting outer description is used for the construction of an outer approximation algorithm in function space, whose iterates are proven to converge strongly in $L^2$ to the global minimizer of the convexified optimal control problem. The linear-quadratic subproblems arising in each iteration of the outer approximation algorithm are solved by means of a semi-smooth Newton method. A numerical example in two spatial dimensions illustrates the efficiency of the overall algorithm.
title Parabolic optimal control problems with combinatorial switching constraints -- Part II: Outer approximation algorithm
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.07008