Mixed-integer optimal control under minimum dwell time constraints

C Zeile, N Robuschi, S Sager - Mathematical Programming, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Tailored Mixed-Integer Optimal Control policies for real-world applications usually
have to avoid very short successive changes of the active integer control. Minimum dwell …

Mixed-integer optimal control problems with switching costs: a shortest path approach

F Bestehorn, C Hansknecht, C Kirches… - Mathematical …, 2021 - Springer
We investigate an extension of Mixed-Integer Optimal Control Problems by adding switching
costs, which enables the penalization of chattering and extends current modeling …

Sequential linear integer programming for integer optimal control with total variation regularization

S Leyffer, P Manns - ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of …, 2022 - esaim-cocv.org
We propose a trust-region method that solves a sequence of linear integer programs to
tackle integer optimal control problems regularized with a total variation penalty. The total …

Parabolic optimal control problems with combinatorial switching constraints--Part III: Branch-and-bound algorithm

C Buchheim, A Grütering, C Meyer - arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.10018, 2024 - arxiv.org
We present a branch-and-bound algorithm for globally solving parabolic optimal control
problems with binary switches that have bounded variation and possibly need to satisfy …

Improved regularity assumptions for partial outer convexification of mixed-integer PDE-constrained optimization problems

P Manns, C Kirches - ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of …, 2020 - esaim-cocv.org
Partial outer convexification is a relaxation technique for MIOCPs being constrained by time-
dependent differential equations. Sum-Up-Rounding algorithms allow to approximate …

Numerical solution of optimal control problems with explicit and implicit switches

HG Bock, C Kirches, A Meyer… - Optimization Methods and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, we present a unified framework for the numerical solution of optimal control
problems (OCPs) constrained by ordinary differential equations with both implicit and explicit …

Multidimensional sum-up rounding for elliptic control systems

P Manns, C Kirches - SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis, 2020 - SIAM
Partial outer convexification has been used to derive relaxations of mixed-integer optimal
control problems (MIOCPs) that are constrained by time-dependent differential equations …

A switching cost aware rounding method for relaxations of mixed-integer optimal control problems

F Bestehorn, C Hansknecht, C Kirches… - 2019 IEEE 58th …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article investigates a class of Mixed-Integer Optimal Control Problems (MIOCPs) with
switching costs. We introduce the problem class of Minimal-Switching-Cost Optimal Control …

Parabolic optimal control problems with combinatorial switching constraints, Part I: Convex relaxations

C Buchheim, A Grütering, C Meyer - SIAM Journal on Optimization, 2024 - SIAM
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 …

Relaxation methods for hyperbolic PDE mixed‐integer optimal control problems

FM Hante - Optimal Control Applications and Methods, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The convergence analysis for methods solving partial differential equations constrained
optimal control problems containing both discrete and continuous control decisions based …