Pattern dynamics of vegetation based on optimal control theory

LF Hou, L Li, L Chang, Z Wang, GQ Sun - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2025 - Springer
Vegetation pattern dynamics is a pivotal research domain in ecology, which can reveal the
impact of the non-uniform distribution of vegetation on ecosystem structure and function …

[HTML][HTML] The Galerkin finite element method for a multi-term time-fractional diffusion equation

B Jin, R Lazarov, Y Liu, Z Zhou - Journal of Computational Physics, 2015 - Elsevier
We consider the initial/boundary value problem for a diffusion equation involving multiple
time-fractional derivatives on a bounded convex polyhedral domain. We analyze a space …

A review on sparse solutions in optimal control of partial differential equations

E Casas - SeMA Journal, 2017 - Springer
In this paper a review of the results on sparse controls for partial differential equations is
presented. There are two different approaches to the sparsity study of control problems. One …

Measure valued directional sparsity for parabolic optimal control problems

K Kunisch, K Pieper, B Vexler - SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 2014 - SIAM
A directional sparsity framework allowing for measure valued controls in the spatial direction
is proposed for parabolic optimal control problems. It allows for controls which are localized …

Analysis of spatio-temporally sparse optimal control problems of semilinear parabolic equations

E Casas, R Herzog, G Wachsmuth - ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and …, 2017 - numdam.org
Optimal control problems with semilinear parabolic state equations are considered. The
objective features one out of three different terms promoting various spatio-temporal sparsity …

Optimal control of semilinear parabolic equations with non-smooth pointwise-integral control constraints in time-space

E Casas, K Kunisch - Applied Mathematics & Optimization, 2022 - Springer
This work concentrates on a class of optimal control problems for semilinear parabolic
equations subject to control constraint of the form‖ u (t)‖ L 1 (Ω)≤ γ for t∈(0, T). This limits …

Optimal control of semilinear elliptic equations in measure spaces

E Casas, K Kunisch - SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 2014 - SIAM
Optimal control problems in measure spaces governed by semilinear elliptic equations are
considered. First order optimality conditions are derived and structural properties of their …

Parabolic control problems in space-time measure spaces

E Casas, K Kunisch - ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of …, 2016 - numdam.org
Optimal control problems in measure spaces governed by parabolic equations with are
considered. The controls appear as spatial measure in the initial condition and as space …

Optimal a priori error estimates for an elliptic problem with Dirac right-hand side

T Koppl, B Wohlmuth - SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 2014 - SIAM
It is well known that finite element solutions for elliptic PDEs with Dirac measures as source
terms converge, due to the fact that the solution is not in H^1, suboptimal in classical norms …

Extremal Points and Sparse Optimization for Generalized Kantorovich–Rubinstein Norms

M Carioni, JA Iglesias, D Walter - Foundations of Computational …, 2023 - Springer
A precise characterization of the extremal points of sublevel sets of nonsmooth penalties
provides both detailed information about minimizers, and optimality conditions in general …