A characteristic-mixed finite element method for time-dependent convection-diffusion optimal control problem (Q426366)

The authors consider the following convex optimal control problem with pointwise control constraints: \[ \min_{u\in U_{\text{ad}}}\,{1\over 2} \int^T_0\,\Biggl\{\int_\Omega(y- y_d)^2+ \int_\Omega (p- p_d)^2+ \int_{\Omega_u} u^2\Biggr\}\,dt, \] Subject to \[ \begin{aligned} y_t+ \text{div}(\beta y+ p)= f+ Bu,\quad &\text{in }\Omega\times (0,T],\\ p=-A\nabla y,\quad &\text{in }\Omega\times (0,T],\\ y= 0,\quad &\text{on }\partial\Omega\times (0,T],\\ y(0)= y_0,\quad &\text{in }\Omega\qquad\text{and}\\ \xi_1\leq u(x,t)\leq\xi_2,\quad &\text{a.e. in }\Omega_u\times (0,T].\end{aligned} \] For this problem, the authors examine the method of characteristic-mixed finite element for the approximation.