Semivectorial bilevel convex optimal control problems: Existence results

We consider a bilevel optimal control problem where the upper level, to be solved by a leader, is a scalar optimal control problem, and the lower level, to be solved by several followers, is a multiobjective convex optimal control problem. We deal with the so-called optimistic case, when the followe...

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Main Authors: Bonnel, Henri, Morgan, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21286
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description We consider a bilevel optimal control problem where the upper level, to be solved by a leader, is a scalar optimal control problem, and the lower level, to be solved by several followers, is a multiobjective convex optimal control problem. We deal with the so-called optimistic case, when the followers are assumed to choose a best choice for the leader among their best responses, as well with the so-called pessimistic case, when the best response chosen by the followers can be the worst choice for the leader. First, the strategy of the leader fixed, we state a relationship between the (weakly or properly) efficient set of the follower's multicriteria problem and the solution set of the problem scalarized via a convex combination of objectives through a vector of parameters (weights). Then we establish that (i) the solution of the scalarized (parametric) problem for any given parameter vector is unique and (weakly or properly) efficient and (ii) for each solution in the (weakly or properly) efficient set, there exists at least one corresponding parameter vector for the scalarized problem yielding the same solution. Therefore, the set of all parametric solutions (obtained by solving the scalarized problem) is equal to the efficient set. Thus we are able to rewrite the optimistic and pessimistic semivectorial bilevel control problems as bilevel problems where the lower level is a scalar optimization problem which always admits a unique solution. Finally, we present sufficient conditions on the data for existence of solutions to both the optimistic and pessimistic optimal control problems. Copyright © by SIAM.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-212862017-09-13T13:54:24Z Semivectorial bilevel convex optimal control problems: Existence results Bonnel, Henri Morgan, J. We consider a bilevel optimal control problem where the upper level, to be solved by a leader, is a scalar optimal control problem, and the lower level, to be solved by several followers, is a multiobjective convex optimal control problem. We deal with the so-called optimistic case, when the followers are assumed to choose a best choice for the leader among their best responses, as well with the so-called pessimistic case, when the best response chosen by the followers can be the worst choice for the leader. First, the strategy of the leader fixed, we state a relationship between the (weakly or properly) efficient set of the follower's multicriteria problem and the solution set of the problem scalarized via a convex combination of objectives through a vector of parameters (weights). Then we establish that (i) the solution of the scalarized (parametric) problem for any given parameter vector is unique and (weakly or properly) efficient and (ii) for each solution in the (weakly or properly) efficient set, there exists at least one corresponding parameter vector for the scalarized problem yielding the same solution. Therefore, the set of all parametric solutions (obtained by solving the scalarized problem) is equal to the efficient set. Thus we are able to rewrite the optimistic and pessimistic semivectorial bilevel control problems as bilevel problems where the lower level is a scalar optimization problem which always admits a unique solution. Finally, we present sufficient conditions on the data for existence of solutions to both the optimistic and pessimistic optimal control problems. Copyright © by SIAM. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21286 10.1137/100795450 restricted
spellingShingle Bonnel, Henri
Morgan, J.
Semivectorial bilevel convex optimal control problems: Existence results
title Semivectorial bilevel convex optimal control problems: Existence results
title_full Semivectorial bilevel convex optimal control problems: Existence results
title_fullStr Semivectorial bilevel convex optimal control problems: Existence results
title_full_unstemmed Semivectorial bilevel convex optimal control problems: Existence results
title_short Semivectorial bilevel convex optimal control problems: Existence results
title_sort semivectorial bilevel convex optimal control problems: existence results
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/21286