A semismooth Newton method for a class of semilinear optimal control problems with box and volume constraints

In this paper we consider optimal control problems subject to a semilinear elliptic state equation together with the control constraints $0 \leq u \leq 1$ and $\int u=m$. Optimality conditions for this problem are derived and reformulated as a nonlinear, nonsmooth equation which is solved using a semismooth Newton method. A regularization of the nonsmooth equation is necessary to obtain the superlinear convergence of the semismooth Newton method. We prove that the solutions of the regularized problems converge to a solution of the original problem and a path-following technique is used to ensure a constant decrease rate of the residual. We show that, in certain situations, the optimal controls take $0-1$ values, which amounts to solving a topology optimization problem with volume constraint.

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Source https://hal.science/hal-00636063
Author Amstutz, Samuel, Laurain, Antoine
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Last Updated May 31, 2026, 23:34 (UTC)
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Identifier hal-00636063
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contributor Laboratoire d'Analyse non linéaire et Géométrie (LANLG) ; Avignon Université (AU)
creator Amstutz, Samuel
date 2011-10-26T00:00:00
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