On the optimal control of propagation fronts

Alberto Bressan, Maria Teresa Chiri, Najmeh Salehi

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Abstract

We consider a controlled reaction-diffusion equation, motivated by a pest eradication problem. Our goal is to derive a simpler model, describing the controlled evolution of a contaminated set. In this direction, the first part of the paper studies the optimal control of 1-dimensional traveling wave profiles. Using Stokes' formula, explicit solutions are obtained, which in some cases require measure-valued optimal controls. In the last section, we introduce a family of optimization problems for a moving set. We show how these can be derived from the original parabolic problems, by taking a sharp interface limit.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1109-1140
Number of pages32
JournalMathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences
Volume32
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 15 2022

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Applied Mathematics

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