# A Parallel Decomposition Scheme for Solving Long-Horizon Optimal Control Problems

@article{Shin2019APD,
title={A Parallel Decomposition Scheme for Solving Long-Horizon Optimal Control Problems},
author={Sungho Shin and Timm Faulwasser and Mario Zanon and Victor M. Zavala},
journal={2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
year={2019},
pages={5264-5271}
}
• Published 4 March 2019
• Mathematics
• 2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)
We present a temporal decomposition scheme for solving long-horizon optimal control problems. The time domain is decomposed into a set of subdomains with partially overlapping regions. Subproblems associated with the subdomains are solved in parallel to obtain local primal-dual trajectories that are assembled to obtain the global trajectories. We provide a sufficient condition that guarantees convergence of the proposed scheme. This condition states that the effect of perturbations on the…

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