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On (Non)Supermodularity of Average Control Energy

Optimization and Control 2017-02-02 v4 Systems and Control

Abstract

Given a linear system, we consider the expected energy to move from the origin to a uniformly random point on the unit sphere as a function of the set of actuated variables. We show this function is not necessarily supermodular, correcting some claims in the existing literature.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1609.08706,
  title  = {On (Non)Supermodularity of Average Control Energy},
  author = {Alex Olshevsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.08706},
  year   = {2017}
}
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