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arXiv2018

Error estimates for the approximation of multibang control problems

This work is concerned with optimal control problems where the objective functional consists of a tracking-type functional and an additional "multibang" regularization functional that promotes optimal control taking values from a given discrete set pointwise almost everywhere. Under a regularity condition on the set where these discrete values are attained, error estimates for the Moreau--Yosida approximation (which allows its solution by a semismooth Newton method) and the discretization of the problem are derived. Numerical results support the theoretical findings.

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arXiv2017

Convex regularization of discrete-valued inverse problems

This work is concerned with linear inverse problems where a distributed parameter is known a priori to only take on values from a given discrete set. This property can be promoted in Tikhonov regularization with the aid of a suitable convex but nondifferentiable regularization term. This allows applying standard approaches to show well-posedness and convergence rates in Bregman distance. Using the specific properties of the regularization term, it can be shown that convergence (albeit without rates) actually holds pointwise. Furthermore, the resulting Tikhonov functional can be minimized efficiently using a semi-smooth Newton method. Numerical examples illustrate the properties of the regularization term and the numerical solution.

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