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In this paper, we propose a new paradigm of control, called a maximum hands-off control. A hands-off control is defined as a control that has a short support per unit time. The maximum hands-off control is the minimum support (or sparsest)…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-11-17 M. Nagahara , D. E. Quevedo , D. Nesic

In this article, we introduce a new paradigm of control, called hands-off control, which can save energy and reduce CO2 emissions in control systems. A hands-off control is defined as a control that has a much shorter support than the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-07-10 Masaaki Nagahara , Daniel E. Quevedo , Dragan Nesic

Maximum hands-off control is a control that has the minimum L0 norm among all feasible controls. It is known that the maximum hands-off (or L0-optimal) control problem is equivalent to the L1-optimal control under the assumption of…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-11-19 Takuya Ikeda , Masaaki Nagahara

Maximum hands-off control aims to maximize the length of time over which zero actuator values are applied to a system when executing specified control tasks. To tackle such problems, recent literature has investigated optimal control…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-11-27 Debasish Chatterjee , Masaaki Nagahara , Daniel Quevedo , K. S. Mallikarjuna Rao

In this paper, we consider hands-off control via minimization of the CLOT (Combined L-One and Two) norm. The maximum hands-off control is the L0-optimal (or the sparsest) control among all feasible controls that are bounded by a specified…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-11-08 Niharika Challapalli , Masaaki Nagahara , Mathukumalli Vidyasagar

In this paper, we consider hands-off control via minimization of the CLOT (Combined $L$-One and Two) norm. The maximum hands-off control is the $L^0$-optimal (or the sparsest) control among all feasible controls that are bounded by a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-10-24 Niharika Challapalli , Masaaki Nagahara , Mathukumalli Vidyasagar

The maximum hands-off control is the optimal solution to the L0 optimal control problem. It has the minimum support length among all feasible control inputs. To avoid computational difficulties arising from its combinatorial nature, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-19 Takuya Ikeda

This work advances the maximum hands-off sparse control framework by developing a robust counterpart for constrained linear systems with parametric uncertainties. The resulting optimal control problem minimizes an $L^{0}$ objective subject…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-13 Siddhartha Ganguly , Kenji Kashima

In this brief paper, we study the value function in maximum hands-off control. Maximum hands-off control, also known as sparse control, is the L0-optimal control among the admissible controls. Although the L0 measure is discontinuous and…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-12-30 Takuya Ikeda , Masaaki Nagahara

This paper presents analyses for the maximum hands-off control using the geometric methods developed for the theory of turnpike in optimal control. First, a sufficient condition is proved for the existence of the maximum hands-off control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-01 Noboru Sakamoto , Masaaki Nagahara

This paper deals with design of maximum hands-off hybrid control sequences for discrete-time switched linear systems. It is a sparsest combination of a discrete control sequence (i.e. the switching sequence) and a continuous control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-27 Darsana U , Atreyee Kundu

We prove the continuity of the value function of the sparse optimal control problem. The sparse optimal control is a control whose support is minimum among all admissible controls. Under the normality assumption, it is known that a sparse…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-12-19 Takuya Ikeda , Masaaki Nagahara

A novel set-theoretical approach to hands-off control is proposed, focusing on spatial arguments for command limitation rather than temporal ones. By employing dynamical feedback alongside invariant set-based constraints, actuation is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-02 Andrei Sperilă , Sorin Olaru , Stéphane Drobot

We adopt an optimal-control framework for addressing the undiscounted infinite-horizon discrete-time restless $N$-armed bandit problem. Unlike most studies that rely on constructing policies based on the relaxed single-armed Markov Decision…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-19 Chen YAN

This paper presents a new technique to control highly redundant mechanical systems, such as humanoid robots. We take inspiration from two approaches. Prioritized control is a widespread multi-task technique in robotics and animation: tasks…

A class of infinite horizon optimal control problems involving mixed quasi-norms of $L^p$-type cost functionals for the controls is discussed. These functionals enhance sparsity and switching properties of the optimal controls. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-17 Dante Kalise , Karl Kunisch , Zhiping Rao

Large-scale networked systems typically operate under resource constraints, and it is also difficult to exactly obtain the network structure between nodes. To address these issues, this paper investigates a sparse optimal control for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-25 Takuya Ikeda , Masaaki Nagahara

This paper proposes a computational technique based on "deep unfolding" to solving the finite-time maximum hands-off control problem for discrete-time nonlinear stochastic systems. In particular, we seek a sparse control input sequence that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-16 Masako Kishida , Masaki Ogura

A class of infinite horizon optimal control problems involving $L^p$-type cost functionals with $0<p\leq 1$ is discussed. The existence of optimal controls is studied for both the convex case with $p=1$ and the nonconvex case with $0<p<1$,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-08-13 Dante Kalise , Karl Kunisch , Zhiping Rao

From a mathematical point of view self-organization can be described as patterns to which certain dynamical systems modeling social dynamics tend spontaneously to be attracted. In this paper we explore situations beyond self-organization,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-03-24 Marco Caponigro , Massimo Fornasier , Benedetto Piccoli , Emmanuel Trélat
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