Optimal control of a parabolic PDE system arising in plasma transport via diffusivity-interior-boundary actuation

— In this paper, we study an optimal control problem arising in plasma transport which is governed by a singularly perturbed system. Time-scale separation allows us to focus on an uncoupled parabolic PDE with diffusivity–interior– boundary actuation. We prove the existence of the optimal control solution and carry out numerical experiments using sequential quadratic programming (SQP).

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: CDC
• Authors: Chao Xu, Joseph N. Dalessio, Eugenio Schuster
• Keywords: CDC 2008, Control Systems, Optimal Control, Optimal Control Problem, Uncoupled Parabolic Pde