On second order conditions for singular optimal control of port-Hamiltonian systems

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Abstract

We study nonlinear singular optimal control problems of port-Hamiltonian (descriptor) systems. We employ general control-affine cost functionals that include as a special case the energy supplied to the system. We first derive optimality conditions for the case of ordinary differential equations with and without control bounds by applying the general theory to the specially structured port-Hamiltonian case, and show that this leads to elegant optimality conditions, in particular in the linear case. We then extend these results to classes of nonlinear port-Hamiltonian descriptor systems.

Keywords

goh condition, legendre–clebsch condition, minimal supplied energy, port-hamiltonian descriptor system, singular optimal control

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Journal: Automatica
Year: 2026
Volume: 191
Issue:
Pages: 113116
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2026.113116

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@article{Aronna_2026,
  title={{On second order conditions for singular optimal control of port-Hamiltonian systems}},
  volume={191},
  ISSN={0005-1098},
  DOI={10.1016/j.automatica.2026.113116},
  journal={Automatica},
  publisher={Elsevier BV},
  author={Aronna, M. Soledad and Mehrmann, Volker},
  year={2026},
  pages={113116}
}

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