SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Vol.57, No.4, 2415-2442, 2019
HYBRID THERMOSTATIC APPROXIMATIONS OF JUNCTIONS FOR SOME OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEMS ON NETWORKS
We study some optimal control problems on networks with junctions, approximate the junctions by a switching rule of delay-relay type, and study the passage to the limit when E, the parameter of the approximation, goes to zero. First, for a twofold junction problem we characterize the limit value function as a viscosity solution and maximal subsolution of a suitable Hamilton- Jacobi problem. Then, for a threefold junction problem we consider two different approximations, recovering in both cases some uniqueness results in the sense of a maximal subsolution.
Keywords:optimal control;networks;discontinuous dynamics;hybrid systems;delayed thermostat;Hamilton-Jacobi equations;viscosity solutions