Vector-valued integer optimal control with TV regularization: Optimality conditions and algorithmic treatment

We investigate a broad class of integer optimal control problems with vector-valued controls and switching regularization using a total variation functional involving the p-norm, which influences the structure of a solution. We derive optimality conditions of first and second order for the integer optimal control problem via a switching-point reformulation. For the numerical solution, we use a trust-region method utilizing Bellman’s optimality principle for the subproblems. We will show convergence properties of the method and highlight the algorithm’s efficacy on some benchmark examples.