Optimal Control Problems for Partial Differential Equations on Reticulated Domains: Approximation and Asymptotic Analysis

Introduction.- Part I. Asymptotic Analysis of Optimal Control Problems for Partial Differential Equations: Basic Tools.- Background Material on Asymptotic Analysis of External Problems.- Variational Methods of Optimal Control Theory.- Suboptimal and Approximate Solutions to External Problems.- Introduction to the Asymptotic Analysis of Optimal Control Problems: A Parade of Examples.- Convergence Concepts in Variable Banach Spaces.- Convergence of Sets in Variable Spaces.- Passing to the Limit in Constrained Minimization Problems.- Part II. Optimal Control Problems on Periodic Reticulated Domains: Asymptotic Analysis and Approximate Solutions.- Suboptimal Control of Linear Steady-States Processes on Thin Periodic Structures with Mixed Boundary Controls.- Approximate Solutions of Optimal Control Problems for Ill-Posed Objects on Thin Periodic Structures.- Asymptotic Analysis of Optimal Control Problems on Periodic Singular Structures.- Suboptimal Boundary Control of Elliptic Equations in Domains with Small Holes.- Asymptotic Analysis of Elliptic Optimal Control Problems in Thick Multi-Structures with Dirichlet and Neumann Boundary Controls.- Gap Phenomenon in Modeling of Suboptimal Controls to Parabolic Optimal Control Problems in Thick Multi-Structures.- Boundary Velocity Suboptimal Control of Incompressible Flow in Cylindrically Perforated Domains.- Optimal Control Problems in Coefficients: Sensitivity Analysis and Approximation.- References.- Index.

From the reviews:"This book introduces in the mathematical world of optimal control problems posed in reticulated domains. ... a great number of very nice and well written examples illustrate the main difficulties behind the questions and the reasons for posing them. The book provides a very good introduction into this important topic and may serve as the basis for a one semester course on optimal control in reticulated domains and for an associated seminary, where specific aspects of the theory can be discussed." (Fredi Tröltzsch, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1253, 2013)