Nonlinear Volterra integrodifferential evolution inclusions and optimal control (Q1192244)

Volterra integrodifferential evolution inclusions of nonconvolutory type with time dependent unbounded operators and with both convex and nonconvex multivalued perturbations are studied. The results obtained are applied to distributed parameter optimal control problems. By assuming suitable assumptions on the operator \(A\) and on the multifunction \(F\), existence and uniqueness results for the problem \[ \dot x(t)+A(t,x(t))\in\int^ b_ ak(t-s)F(s,x(s))ds\quad\text{a.e. on } [0,r],\quad x(0)=x_ 0 \] are proved and that the solution set is compact in a suitable topology. Moreover, the dependence of the solutions on the data (the operator \(A\), the multivalued function \(F\) and the initial data \(x_ 0)\) is also studied. A random version of the integrodifferential evolution inclusion is also studied. Finally optimal control problems for infinite dimensional systems governed by integrodifferential evolution equations of Volterra type are studied. The existence of optimal controls is established and the study of the dependence of the solutions on the epiconvergence of the functionals and on the \(G\)-convergence of the operators involved is carried on. Some examples of distributed parameter control systems governed by parabolic integrodifferential equations are discussed.