Hierarchical exact controllability of semilinear parabolic equations with distributed and boundary controls

We present some exact controllability results for parabolic equations in the context of hierarchic control using Stackelberg–Nash strategies. We analyze two cases: in the first one, the main control (the leader) acts in the interior of the domain and the secondary controls (the followers) act on small parts of the boundary; in the second one, we consider a leader acting on the boundary while the followers are of the distributed kind. In both cases, for each leader, an associated Nash equilibrium pair is found; then, we obtain a leader that leads the system exactly to a prescribed (but arbitrary) trajectory. We consider linear and semilinear problems.

Generalized control with compact support for systems with distributed parameters

We propose a generalization of the Butkovskiy's method of control with compact support [1] allowing to derive exact controllability conditions and construct explicit solutions in control problems for systems with distributed parameters. The idea is the introduction of a new state function which is supported in considered bounded time interval and coincides with the original one therein. By means of techniques of the distributions theory the problem is reduced to an interpolation problem for Fourier image of unknown function or to corresponding system of integral equalities. Treating it as infinite dimensional problem of moments, its L1, L2 and L∞-optimal solutions are constructed explicitly. The technique is explained for semilinear wave equation with distributed and boundary controls. Particular cases are discussed.