Date of Award

Fall 2019

Degree Type

Masters Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

School

Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Committee Chair

Huiqing Zhu

Committee Chair School

Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Committee Member 2

Haiyan Tian

Committee Member 2 School

Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Committee Member 3

C.S. Chen

Committee Member 3 School

Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Abstract

In this thesis, the method of approximate particular solutions(MAPS) and localized method of approximate particular solutions(LMAPS) with polynomial basis, and radial basis functions are proposed and applied on the optimal control problems(OCPs) governed by partial differential equations(PDEs).

This study proceeds in several steps. First, polynomial basis and radial basis functions are used to globally approximate solutions for the PDEs which have been combined into a single matrix system numerically from the optimality conditions of the OCPs. Secondly, polynomial and radial basis functions are used to locally approximate particular solutions for the same matrix system numerically. We use these approaches to two types of problems, a smooth and singular problem. The first example numerically experiments on a square domain and the second example on an L-shaped disc domain. These approaches are tested and compared. The results show our proposed method for solving optimal control problems governed by partial differential equations works.

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