A posteriori error estimates for a finite element discretization of interior point methods for an elliptic optimization problem with state constraints

Author: Wollner W.  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 0926-6003

Source: Computational Optimization and Applications, Vol.47, Iss.1, 2010-09, pp. : 133-159

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Abstract

In this paper we are concerned with a posteriori error estimates for the solution of some state constraint optimization problem subject to an elliptic PDE. The solution is obtained using an interior point method combined with a finite element method for the discretization of the problem. We will derive separate estimates for the error in the cost functional introduced by the interior point parameter and by the discretization of the problem. Finally we show numerical examples to illustrate the findings for pointwise state constraints and pointwise constraints on the gradient of the state.