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This paper investigates the stability of distance-based \textit{flexible} undirected formations in the plane. Without rigidity, there exists a set of connected shapes for given distance constraints, which is called the ambit. We show that a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-08-15 Hector Garcia de Marina , Zhiyong Sun , Shaoshuai Mou

We study well-posedness, stabilization and control problems involving freely vibrating beams that may undergo motions of large magnitude -- i.e. large displacements of the reference line and large rotations of the cross sections. Such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-16 Charlotte Rodriguez

Estimation of the degree of stability and the bounds of solutions to non-autonomous nonlinear systems present major concerns in numerous applied problems. Yet, current techniques are frequently yield overconservative conditions which are…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2020-12-29 Mark A. Pinsky

This paper investigates the robust nonlinear close formation control problem. It aims to achieve precise position control at dynamic flight operation for a follower aircraft under the aerodynamic impact due to the trailing vortices…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-04-17 Qingrui Zhang , Hugh H. T. Liu

In the formation control problem for autonomous robots a distributed control law steers the robots to the desired target formation. A local stability result of the target formation can be derived by methods of linearization and center…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-01-26 Florian Dorfler , Bruce Francis

In affine formation control problems, the construction of the framework with universal rigidity and affine localizability is a critical prerequisite, but it has not yet been well addressed, especially when additional agents join the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-05 Huiming Li , Hao Chen , Xiangke Wang , Zhongkui Li , Lincheng Shen

Stability theory plays a crucial role in feedback control. However, adaptive control theory requires advanced and specialized stability notions that are not frequently used in standard feedback control theory. The present document is a set…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-23 Iasson Karafyllis , Miroslav Krstic

This paper proposes a feedback linearizing law for single-track dynamic models, allowing the design of a trajectory tracking controller exploiting linear control theory. The main characteristics of this algorithm are its simplicity, its…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-03 Luca Bascetta , Marcello Farina , Alessandro Gabrielli , Matteo Matteucci

The pure traction problem of elasticity appears frequently in engineering applications, and its complexity stems from the fact that its solution is unique only up to (infinitesimal) rigid body motions. When finite elements are employed to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-05 Ahsan Kaleem , Cristian Gebhardt , Ignacio Romero

We consider the rigidity and global rigidity of bar-joint frameworks in Euclidean $d$-space under additional dilation constraints in specified coordinate directions. In this setting we obtain a complete characterisation of generic rigidity.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-23 Sean Dewar , Anthony Nixon , Andrew Sainsbury

In this paper, we develop a unified framework for studying constrained robust optimal control problems with adjustable uncertainty sets. In contrast to standard constrained robust optimal control problems with known uncertainty sets, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-06-09 Xiaojing Zhang , Maryam Kamgarpour , Angelos Georghiou , Paul Goulart , John Lygeros

Generalization is one of the fundamental issues in machine learning. However, traditional techniques like uniform convergence may be unable to explain generalization under overparameterization. As alternative approaches, techniques based on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-22 Jiaye Teng , Jianhao Ma , Yang Yuan

This letter proposes two finite-time bearing-based control laws for acyclic leader-follower formations. The leaders in formation move with a bounded continuous reference velocity and each follower controls its position with regard to three…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-25 Minh Hoang Trinh , Hyo-Sung Ahn

Robustness is a basic property of any control system. In the context of linear output regulation, it was proved that embedding an internal model of the exogenous signals is necessary and sufficient to achieve tracking of the desired…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-23 Michelangelo Bin , Daniele Astolfi , Lorenzo Marconi

We develop a rigidity theory for frameworks in $\mathbb{R}^3$ which have two coincident points but are otherwise generic and only infinitesimal motions which are tangential to a family of cylinders induced by the realisation are considered.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-07-08 Bill Jackson , Viktoria Kaszanitzky , Anthony Nixon

We consider the global rigidity problem for bar-joint frameworks where each vertex is constrained to lie on a particular line in $\mathbb R^d$. In our setting we allow multiple vertices to be constrained to the same line. Under a mild…

Many practical applications of online reinforcement learning require the satisfaction of safety constraints while learning about the unknown environment. In this work, we establish theoretical foundations for reinforcement learning with…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-04-30 Benjamin Schiffer , Lucas Janson

Fibre Bragg Gratings have become widespread measurement devices in engineering and other fields of application. In all but a few cases, the relation between cause and effect is simplified to a proportional model. However, at its…

Optics · Physics 2020-09-15 Daniel Gerth , Susann Hannusch , Oliver Ernst , Jörn Ihlemann

A rigidity theory is developed for frameworks in a metric space with two types of distance constraints. Mixed sparsity graph characterisations are obtained for the infinitesimal and continuous rigidity of completely regular bar-joint…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2019-08-26 Anthony Nixon , Stephen Power

This paper focuses on the stability analysis of a formation shape displayed by a team of mobile robots that uses heterogeneous sensing mechanism. Depending on the convenience and reliability of the local information, each robot utilizes the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-22 Nelson P. K. Chan , Bayu Jayawardhana , Hector Garcia de Marina