TY - JOUR T1 - $L^2$ Norm Equivalent a Posteriori Error Estimate for a Constrained Optimal Control Problem JO - International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling VL - 2 SP - 335 EP - 353 PY - 2009 DA - 2009/06 SN - 6 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/ijnam/771.html KW - Convex optimal control problem, adaptive finite element method, $L^2$ norm equivalent a posteriori error estimate, multi-meshes. AB -

Adaptive finite element approximation for a constrained optimal control problem is studied. A posteriori error estimators equivalent to the $L^2$ norm of the approximation error are derived both for the state and the control approximation, which are particularly suitable for an adaptive multi-mesh finite element scheme and applications where $L^2$ error is more important. The error estimators are then implemented and tested with promising numerical results.