| Article ID: | iaor20122777 |
| Volume: | 51 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 931 |
| End Page Number: | 939 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2012 |
| Journal: | Computational Optimization and Applications |
| Authors: | Hinze Michael, Deckelnick Klaus |
| Keywords: | heuristics |
In the present work we use the variational approach in order to discretize elliptic optimal control problems with bang‐bang controls. We prove error estimates for the resulting scheme and present a numerical example which supports our analytical findings.