Umberto Biccari

A Two-Stage Numerical Approach for the Sparse Initial Source Identification of a Diffusion-Advection Equation

U. Biccari, Y. Song, X. Yuan, E. Zuazua. A Two-Stage Numerical Approach for the Sparse Initial Source Identification of a Diffusion-Advection Equation (2022) Abstract. We consider the problem of identifying…

Control and Numerical approximation of Fractional Diffusion Equations

Exterior Control, Finite Element Method, Fractional diffusion equation, Fractional Laplacian, Interior Control, Numerical approximation, simultaneous control

Umberto Biccari, Mahamadi Warma, Enrique Zuazua. Control and Numerical approximation of Fractional Diffusion Equations (2022) Handb. Numer. Anal. Elsevier. ISSN:1570-8659, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.hna.2021.12.001 Abstract. The aim of this work is to give…

Multilevel selective harmonic modulation by duality

Biccari U, Zuazua E. Multilevel selective harmonic modulation by duality (2021) Abstract. We address the Selective Harmonic Modulation (SHM) problem in power electronic engineering, consisting in designing a multilevel staircase…

Multilevel control by duality

Umberto Biccari, Enrique Zuazua. Multilevel control by duality (2021) Abstract. We discuss the multilevel control problem for linear dynamical systems, consisting in designing a piece-wise constant control function taking values in…

Optimal control of linear non-local parabolic problems with an integral kernel

Umberto Biccari, Víctor Hernández-Santamaría, Loic Louison, Abdennebi Omrane. Optimal control of linear non-local parabolic problems with an integral kernel. (2021) Abstract. We consider a linear non-local heat equation in a bounded…

Blow-up results for a logarithmic pseudo-parabolic p(.)-Laplacian type equation

Abita Rahmoune, Umberto Biccari. Blow-up results for a logarithmic pseudo-parabolic -Laplacian equation. (2021) Abstract. In this paper, we consider an initial-boundary value problem for the following mixed pseudo-parabolic p(.)-Laplacian type equation…

Multiplicity of solutions for fractional q(.)-Laplacian equations

Abita Rahmoune, Umberto Biccari. Multiplicity of solutions for fractional -Laplacian equations. (2021) Abstract. In this paper, we deal with the following elliptic type problem where is a measurable function and is…

Multilevel Selective Harmonic Modulation via Optimal Control

Deyviss Jesús Oroya-Villalta, Carlos Esteve-Yagüe Umberto Biccari. Multilevel Selective Harmonic Modulation via Optimal Control. (2021) Abstract. We consider the Selective Harmonic Modulation (SHM) problem, consisting in the design of a staircase…

Internal control for a non-local Schrödinger equation involving the fractional Laplace operator

U. Biccari Internal control for a non-local Schrödinger equation involving the fractional Laplace operator (2021) Abstract: We analyze the interior controllability problem for a nonlocal Schr\"odinger equation involving the fractional…

A stochastic approach to the synchronization of coupled oscillators

coupled oscillators, gradient descent, Kuramoto model, optimal control, random batch method, synchronization

Umberto Biccari, Enrique Zuazua. A stochastic approach to the synchronization of coupled oscillators. Frontiers in Energy Research, section Smart Grids. Front. Energy Res. Vol. 8 (2020). DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2020.00115 Abstract. This paper…

Stochastic optimization methods for the simultaneous control of parameter-dependent systems

Umberto Biccari, Ana Navarro-Quiles, Enrique Zuazua. Stochastic optimization methods for the simultaneous control of parameter-dependent systems (2020) Abstract. We address the application of stochastic optimization methods for the simultaneous control of…

Controllability of the one-dimensional fractional heat equation under positivity constraints

U. Biccari, M. Warna, E. Zuazua Internal observability for coupled systems of linear partial differential equations. Commun. Pure Appl. Anal., Vol 19. No. 4 (2019), pp. 1949-1978. DOI: 10.3934/cppaa.2020086

Null-controllability properties of a fractional wave equation with a memory term

fractional wave equation, memory term, null controllability

U. Biccari, M. Warma Null-controllability properties of a fractional wave equation with a memory term. Evol. Eq. Control The., Vol. 9, No. 2 (2020), pp. 399-430 Abstract: We study the…

Existence and cost of boundary controls for a degenerate/singular parabolic equation

Umberto Biccari, Víctor Hernández-Santamaría, Judith Vancostenoble. Existence and cost of boundary controls for a degenerate/singular parabolic equation (2020). Abstract. In this paper, we consider the following degenerate/singular parabolic equation ,…

Propagation of one and two-dimensional discrete waves under finite difference approximation

U. Biccari, A. Marica, E. Zuazua Propagation of one and two/dimensional discrete waves under finite difference approximation, Found. Comput. Math., Vol. 20 (2020), pp. 1401-1438. DOI: 10.1007/s10208-020-09445-0 Abstract: We analyze…

Controllability properties from the exterior under positivity constraints for a 1-D fractional heat equation

Antil H, Biccari U, Ponce R, Warma M, Zamorano S. Controllability properties from the exterior under positivity constraints for a 1-D fractional heat equation Abstract. We study the controllability to…

Model reduction of converter-dominated power systems by Singular Perturbation Theory

U. Biccari, N. Sakamoto, E. Unamuno, D. Madariaga, E. Zuazua, J.A. Barrena. Model reduction of converter-dominated power systems by Singular Perturbation Theory Abstract: The increasing integration of power electronic devices is driving the development of more advanced tools and methods for…

Null controllability of a nonlocal heat equation with an additive integral kernel

U. Biccari, V. Hernández-Santamaría Null controllability of a nonlocal heat equation with an additive integral kernel. SIAM J. Control Optim., Vol. 57, No. 4 (2019), pp. 2924-2938, DOI: 10.1137/18M1218431 Abstract:…

Null-controllability properties of the wave equation with a second order memory term

U. Biccari, S. Micu Null-controllability properties of the wave equation with a second order memory termJ DIFFER EQUATIONS, Vol. 267, No. 2 (2019), pp. 1376-1422 doi.org/10.1016/j.jde.2019.02.009 Abstract: We study the…

Dynamics and control for multi-agent networked systems: a finite difference approach

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U. Biccari, D. Ko, E. Zuazua Dynamics and control for multi-agent networked systems: a finite difference approach. Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci., Vol. 29, No. 4 (2019), pp. 755–790. DOI:…

Boundary controllability for a one-dimensional heat equation with a singular inverse-square potential

U. Biccari Boundary controllability for a one-dimensional heat equation with a singular inverse-square potential, Math. Control Relat. F., Vol. 9, No. 1 (2019), pp. 191-219, DOI: 10.3934/mcrf.2019011 Abstract: We analyse…

The Poisson equation from non-local to local

U. Biccari, V. Hernández-Santamaría The Poisson equation from non-local to local, Electronic Journal of Differential Equations, Vol. 2018 (2018), No. 145, pp. 1-13. DOI: arXiv:1801.09470 Abstract: We analyze the limit…

Controllability of a one-dimensional fractional heat equation: theoretical and numerical aspects

U. Biccari, V. Hernández-Santamaría Controllability of a one-dimensional fractional heat equation: theoretical and numerical aspects, IMA J. Math. Control Inf., Vol. 36, No. 4 (2019), pp. 1199-1235. DOI: 10.1093/imamci/dny025 Abstract:…

Local regularity for fractional heat equations

U. Biccari, M. Warma, E. Zuazua Local regularity for fractional heat equations<, Recent Advances in PDEs: Analysis, Numerics and Control, SEMA SIMAI Springer Series, Vol. 17 (2018). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-97613-6 Abstract:…

Local elliptic regularity for the Dirichlet fractional Laplacian

U. Biccari, M. Warma, E. Zuazua Local elliptic regularity for the Dirichlet fractional Laplacian Advanced Nonlinear Studies, Vol. 17, Nr. 2 (2017), pp. 387-409. DOI: 10.1515/ans-2017-0014 Abstract: We analyze the…

Addendum: Local elliptic regularity for the Dirichlet fractional Laplacian

U. Biccari, M. Warma, E. Zuazua Addendum: Local elliptic regularity for the Dirichlet fractional Laplacian Adv. Nonlinear Stud., Vol. 17, Nr. 4 (2017), pp. 837-839. DOI: 10.1515/ans-2017-6020 Abstract: In [1],…

Null controllability for a heat equation with a singular inverse-square potential involving the distance to the boundary function

U. Biccari, E. Zuazua Null controllability for a heat equation with a singular inverse-square potential involving the distance to the boundary function J. Differential Equations, Vol. 261, No. 5 (2016),…