Measuring singularity of generalized minimizers for control-affine problems

DOI10.1007/S10883-009-9065-0zbMATH Open1203.49016arXiv0809.2363OpenAlexW2040757848MaRDI QIDQ619237FDOQ619237

Authors: Sumit K. Garg 

Publication date: 22 January 2011

Published in: Journal of Dynamical and Control Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: An open question contributed by Yu. Orlov to a recently published volume "Unsolved Problems in Mathematical Systems and Control Theory", V.D. Blondel, A. Megretski (eds), Princeton Univ. Press, 2004, concerns regularization of optimal control-affine problems. These noncoercive problems in general admit 'cheap (generalized) controls' as minimizers; it has been questioned whether and under what conditions infima of the regularized problems converge to the infimum of the original problem. Starting with a study of this question we show by simple functional-theoretic reasoning that it admits, in general, positive answer. This answer does not depend on commutativity/noncommtativity of controlled vector fields. It depends instead on presence or absence of a Lavrentiev gap. We set an alternative question of measuring "singularity" of minimizing sequences for control-affine optimal control problems by so-called degree of singularity. It is shown that, in the particular case of singular linear-quadratic problems, this degree is tightly related to the "order of singularity" of the problem. We formulate a similar question for nonlinear control-affine problem and establish partial results. Some conjectures and open questions are formulated.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.2363

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Existence theories for optimal control problems involving ordinary differential equations (49J15) Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Geometric methods (93B27)

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