Approximation of risk-averse optimal feedback control

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Main Authors: Guth, Philipp A., Kunisch, Karl
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Published: 2025
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author Guth, Philipp A.
Kunisch, Karl
author_facet Guth, Philipp A.
Kunisch, Karl
contents The challenge of constructing feedback control laws for risk-averse optimal control of partial differential equations (PDEs) with random coefficients is addressed. The control objective composes a tracking-type cost with the nonlinear entropic risk measure. A sequential quadratic programming scheme is derived that iteratively solves linear quadratic subproblems obtained through second-order Taylor expansions of the objective functional, with each subproblem re-centered at the previous iterate. It is shown that this method converges locally quadratically to the unique risk-averse optimal control. This work provides the first rigorous feedback synthesis for risk-averse objectives subject to PDEs with random coefficients.
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spellingShingle Approximation of risk-averse optimal feedback control
Guth, Philipp A.
Kunisch, Karl
Optimization and Control
49J20, 49N35, 93B52, 93C20
The challenge of constructing feedback control laws for risk-averse optimal control of partial differential equations (PDEs) with random coefficients is addressed. The control objective composes a tracking-type cost with the nonlinear entropic risk measure. A sequential quadratic programming scheme is derived that iteratively solves linear quadratic subproblems obtained through second-order Taylor expansions of the objective functional, with each subproblem re-centered at the previous iterate. It is shown that this method converges locally quadratically to the unique risk-averse optimal control. This work provides the first rigorous feedback synthesis for risk-averse objectives subject to PDEs with random coefficients.
title Approximation of risk-averse optimal feedback control
topic Optimization and Control
49J20, 49N35, 93B52, 93C20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15618