Fully discrete schemes for monotone optimal control problems

Abstract

In this article we study a finite horizon optimal control problem with monotone controls. We consider the associated Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation which characterizes the value function. We consider the totally discretized problem by using the finite element method to approximate the state space $\Omega$. The obtained problem is equivalent to the resolution of a finite sequence of stopping-time problems. The convergence orders of these approximations are proved, which are in general $(h+\frac{k}{\sqrt{h}})^\gamma$ where $\gamma$ is the H\"older constant of the value function $u$. A special election of the relations between the parameters $h$ and $k$ allows to obtain a convergence of order $k^{\frac{2}{3}\gamma}$, which is valid without semiconcavity hypotheses over the problem's data. We show also some numerical implementations in an example.