Analysis and finite element approximation of an optimal control problem for the Oseen viscoelastic fluid flow

In this article we study a boundary control problem for an Oseen-type model of viscoelastic fluid flow. The existence of a unique optimal solution is proved and an optimality system is derived by the first-order necessary condition. We investigate finite element approximations to a solution of the optimality system, and a solution algorithm for the system based on the gradient method. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved