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Variational regularization of ill-posed inverse problems is based on minimizing the sum of a data fidelity term and a regularization term. The balance between them is tuned using a positive regularization parameter, whose automatic choice…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-12 Markus Juvonen , Bjørn Jensen , Ilmari Pohjola , Yiqiu Dong , Samuli Siltanen

We propose a new abstract formalism for probabilistic timed systems, Parametric Interval Probabilistic Timed Automata, based on an extension of Parametric Timed Automata and Interval Markov Chains. In this context, we consider the…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2019-06-13 Étienne André , Benoît Delahaye , Paulin Fournier

Time Optimal Path Parametrization is the problem of minimizing the time interval during which an actuation constrained agent can traverse a given path. Recently, an efficient linear-time algorithm for solving this problem was proposed.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-06-24 Igor Spasojevic , Varun Murali , Sertac Karaman

We introduce a class of "inverse parametric optimization" problems, in which one is given both a parametric optimization problem and a desired optimal solution; the task is to determine parameter values that lead to the given solution. We…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-01-21 David Eppstein

Interrupt Timed Automata (ITA) is an expressive timed model, introduced to take into account interruptions, according to levels. Due to this feature, this formalism is incomparable with Timed Automata. However several decidability results…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-09-09 Béatrice Bérard , Serge Haddad , Aleksandra Jovanović , Didier Lime

This paper presents a novel factor graph-based approach to solve the discrete-time finite-horizon Linear Quadratic Regulator problem subject to auxiliary linear equality constraints within and across time steps. We represent such optimal…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-27 Shuo Yang , Gerry Chen , Yetong Zhang , Howie Choset , Frank Dellaert

A popular method for solving reachability in timed automata proceeds by enumerating reachable sets of valuations represented as zones. A na\"ive enumeration of zones does not terminate. Various termination mechanisms have been studied over…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2019-04-19 Paul Gastin , Sayan Mukherjee , B Srivathsan

The timed pattern matching problem is formulated by Ulus et al. and has been actively studied since, with its evident application in monitoring real-time systems. The problem takes as input a timed word/signal and a timed pattern (specified…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-22 Masaki Waga , Takumi Akazaki , Ichiro Hasuo

Constrained optimization problems appear in a wide variety of challenging real-world problems, where constraints often capture the physics of the underlying system. Classic methods for solving these problems rely on iterative algorithms…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-13 Meiyi Li , Soheil Kolouri , Javad Mohammadi

We propose a tuner, suitable for adaptive control and (in its discrete-time version) adaptive filtering applications, that sets the second derivative of the parameter estimates rather than the first derivative as is done in the overwhelming…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Felipe M. Pait , Paulo A Atkinson

We consider settings for which one needs to perform multiple flow simulations based on the Navier-Stokes equations, each having different values for the physical parameters and/or different initial condition data, boundary conditions data,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-14 Max Gunzburger , Nan Jiang , Zhu Wang

Robotic systems often operate with uncertainties in their dynamics, for example, unknown inertial properties. Broadly, there are two approaches for controlling uncertain systems: design robust controllers in spite of uncertainty, or…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-06-10 Keenan Albee , Monica Ekal , Rodrigo Ventura , Richard Linares

In structural optimization, both parameters and shape are relevant for the model performance. Yet, conventional optimization techniques usually consider either parameters or the shape separately. This work addresses this problem by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Michael Wiesheu , Theodor Komann , Melina Merkel , Sebastian Schöps , Stefan Ulbrich , Idoia Cortes Garcia

We consider the task of solving generic inverse problems, where one wishes to determine the hidden parameters of a natural system that will give rise to a particular set of measurements. Recently many new approaches based upon deep learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-13 Simiao Ren , Willie Padilla , Jordan Malof

The method of self-similar factor approximants is shown to be very convenient for solving different evolution equations and boundary-value problems typical of physical applications. The method is general and simple, being a straightforward…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 E. P. Yukalova , V. I. Yukalov , S. Gluzman

The study of rare events is one of the major challenges in atomistic simulations, and several enhanced sampling methods towards its solution have been proposed. Recently, it has been suggested that the use of the committor, which provides a…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-10-23 Peilin Kang , Jintu Zhang , Enrico Trizio , TingJun Hou , Michele Parrinello

Many safety-critical real-world problems, such as autonomous driving and collaborative robots, are of a distributed multi-agent nature. To optimize the performance of these systems while ensuring safety, we can cast them as distributed…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-20 Abdullah Tokmak , Thomas B. Schön , Dominik Baumann

We consider the problem of finding a policy that maximizes an expected reward throughout the trajectory of an agent that interacts with an unknown environment. Frequently denoted Reinforcement Learning, this framework suffers from the need…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-30 Juan Cervino , Harshat Kumar , Alejandro Ribeiro

Simulators are a critical component of modern robotics research. Strategies for both perception and decision making can be studied in simulation first before deployed to real world systems, saving on time and costs. Despite significant…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-19 Bhairav Mehta , Ankur Handa , Dieter Fox , Fabio Ramos

Effectively handling the interplay between spatial perception and action generation remains a critical bottleneck in robotic manipulation. Existing methods typically treat spatial perception and action execution as decoupled or strictly…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Kai Xiong , Hongjie Fang , Lixin Yang , Cewu Lu