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Control and Numerical approximation of Fractional Diffusion Equations

Biccari U, Warma M, Zuazua Iriondo E (2022)

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Publication Language: English

Publication Status: Submitted

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Future Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2022

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Article Number: 1570-8659

URI: https://dcn.nat.fau.eu/wp-content/uploads/BiccariWarmaZuazua_fractionalControl.pdf

DOI: 10.1016/bs.hna.2021.12.001

Open Access Link: https://dcn.nat.fau.eu/wp-content/uploads/BiccariWarmaZuazua_fractionalControl.pdf

Abstract

Abstract. The aim of this work is to give a broad panorama of the control properties of fractional diffusive models from a numerical analysis and simulation perspective. We do this by surveying several research results we obtained in the last years, focusing in particular on the numerical computation of controls, though not forgetting to recall other relevant contributions which can be currently found in the literature of this prolific field. Our reference model will be a non-local diffusive dynamics driven by the fractional Laplacian on a bounded domain Ω. The starting point of our analysis will be a Finite Element approximation for the associated elliptic model in one and two space-dimensions, for which we also present error estimates and convergence rates in the L^2 and energy norm. Secondly, we will address two specific control scenarios: firstly, we consider the standard interior control problem, in which the control is acting from a small subset ω⊂Ω. Secondly, we move our attention to the exterior control problem, in which the control region O⊂Ωc is located outside Ω. This exterior control notion extends boundary control to the fractional framework, in which the non-local nature of the models does not allow for controls supported on ∂Ω. We will conclude by discussing the interesting problem of simultaneous control, in which we consider families of parameter-dependent fractional heat equations and we aim at designing a unique control function capable of steering all the different realizations of the model to the same target configuration. In this framework, we will see how the employment of stochastic optimization techniques may help in alleviating the computational burden for the approximation of simultaneous controls. Our discussion is complemented by several open problems related with fractional models which are currently unsolved and may be of interest for future investigation.

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APA:

Biccari, U., Warma, M., & Zuazua Iriondo, E. (2022). Control and Numerical approximation of Fractional Diffusion Equations. Handbook of Numerical Analysis. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/bs.hna.2021.12.001

MLA:

Biccari, Umberto, Mahamadi Warma, and Enrique Zuazua Iriondo. "Control and Numerical approximation of Fractional Diffusion Equations." Handbook of Numerical Analysis (2022).

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