GPU-Accelerated Pseudospectral Methods for Optimal Control Problems

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I whakaputaina i:Mathematics vol. 13, no. 20 (2025), p. 3252-3267
Kaituhi matua: Zou Yilin
Ētahi atu kaituhi: Jiang Fanghua
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Whakarāpopotonga:Pseudospectral methods are effective tools for solving optimal control problems, but they result in large-scale nonlinear programming (NLP) problems that are computationally demanding. A major bottleneck is the repeated evaluation of the objective function, system dynamics, path constraints, and their derivatives. This paper presents an approach to accelerating these computations using Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). We offload the evaluation of the NLP functions and their first and second derivatives to the GPU by developing custom CUDA kernels that exploit the parallelism in the discretized problem structure. The effectiveness of this method is demonstrated on a low-thrust interplanetary trajectory optimization problem. A comparison with a CPU implementation shows that the GPU-accelerated approach reduces the overall computational time. This work demonstrates the potential of GPU acceleration and provides a foundation for future research into fully GPU-native optimal control solvers.
ISSN:2227-7390
DOI:10.3390/math13203252
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