On the numerical stability of discretised optimal control problems

Optimal Control Problems (OCP) consist in optimising an objective functional subjected to a set of Ordinary Differential Equations. In this work, we consider the effects on the stability of the numerical solution when this optimisation is discretised in time. In particular, we analyse a OCP with a q...

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Authors: Bijalwan, Ashutosh|||0000-0002-4295-9493, Muñoz Romero, José|||0000-0002-0083-3673
Format: book part
Publication Date:2024
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/399249
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/399249
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50000-8_13
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Classificació AMS::49 Calculus of variations and optimal control
optimization
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística
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Summary:Optimal Control Problems (OCP) consist in optimising an objective functional subjected to a set of Ordinary Differential Equations. In this work, we consider the effects on the stability of the numerical solution when this optimisation is discretised in time. In particular, we analyse a OCP with a quadratic functional and linear ODE, discretised with Mid-point and implicit Euler. We show that the numerical stability and the presence of numerical oscillations depends not only on the time-step size, but also on the parameters of the objective functional, which measures the amount of control input. Finally, we also show with an illustrative example that these results also carry over non-linear optimal control problems.