Overlapping Schwarz Scheme for Linear-Quadratic Programs in Continuous Time

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Autori principali: Zhao, Hongli, Anitescu, Mihai, Na, Sen
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author Zhao, Hongli
Anitescu, Mihai
Na, Sen
author_facet Zhao, Hongli
Anitescu, Mihai
Na, Sen
contents We present an optimize-then-discretize framework for solving linear-quadratic optimal control problems (OCP) governed by time-inhomogeneous ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Our method employs a modified overlapping Schwarz decomposition based on the Pontryagin Minimum Principle, partitioning the temporal domain into overlapping intervals and independently solving Hamiltonian systems in continuous time. We demonstrate that the convergence is ensured by appropriately updating the boundary conditions of the individual Hamiltonian dynamics. The cornerstone of our analysis is to prove that the exponential decay of sensitivity (EDS) exhibited in discrete-time OCPs carries over to the continuous-time setting. Unlike the discretize-then-optimize approach, our method can flexibly incorporate different numerical integration methods for solving the resulting Hamiltonian two-point boundary-value subproblems, including adaptive-time integrators. A numerical experiment on a linear-quadratic OCP illustrates the practicality of our approach in broad scientific applications.
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spellingShingle Overlapping Schwarz Scheme for Linear-Quadratic Programs in Continuous Time
Zhao, Hongli
Anitescu, Mihai
Na, Sen
Optimization and Control
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
Numerical Analysis
Dynamical Systems
We present an optimize-then-discretize framework for solving linear-quadratic optimal control problems (OCP) governed by time-inhomogeneous ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Our method employs a modified overlapping Schwarz decomposition based on the Pontryagin Minimum Principle, partitioning the temporal domain into overlapping intervals and independently solving Hamiltonian systems in continuous time. We demonstrate that the convergence is ensured by appropriately updating the boundary conditions of the individual Hamiltonian dynamics. The cornerstone of our analysis is to prove that the exponential decay of sensitivity (EDS) exhibited in discrete-time OCPs carries over to the continuous-time setting. Unlike the discretize-then-optimize approach, our method can flexibly incorporate different numerical integration methods for solving the resulting Hamiltonian two-point boundary-value subproblems, including adaptive-time integrators. A numerical experiment on a linear-quadratic OCP illustrates the practicality of our approach in broad scientific applications.
title Overlapping Schwarz Scheme for Linear-Quadratic Programs in Continuous Time
topic Optimization and Control
Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science
Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
Numerical Analysis
Dynamical Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04478