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Safe and precise reference tracking is a crucial characteristic of MAVs that have to operate under the influence of external disturbances in cluttered environments. In this paper, we present a NMPC that exploits the fully physics based…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-02-18 Dimos Tzoumanikas , Qingyue Yan , Stefan Leutenegger

Control of non-condensing non-ideal-gas power cycles is challenging because their output power dynamics depend on complex system interactions, non-ideal-gas effects complicate turbomachinery behavior, and state constraints must be…

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This article presents a Visual Servoing Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) scheme for autonomously tracking a moving target using multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The scheme is developed for surveillance and tracking of…

This paper studies an optimal ON-OFF control problem for a class of discrete event systems with real-time constraints. Our goal is to minimize the overall costs, including the operating cost and the wake-up cost, while still guaranteeing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-07 Lei Miao , Lijian Xu , Dingde Jiang

Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) is widely used for controlling high-speed robotic systems such as quadrotors. However, its significant computational demands often hinder real-time feasibility and reliability, particularly in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-30 Saber Omidi

A multi-variable PI (proportional integrating) controller is proved to be optimal for an important class of control problems where performance is specified in terms of frequency weighted H-infinity norms. The problem class includes…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-12-26 Anders Rantzer , Carolina Lidstrom , Richard Pates

Tiny aerial robots hold great promise for applications such as environmental monitoring and search-and-rescue, yet face significant control challenges due to limited onboard computing power and nonlinear dynamics. Model Predictive Control…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Babak Akbari , Justin Frank , Melissa Greeff

Consider the problem of control selection in complex dynamical and environmental scenarios where model predictive control (MPC) proves particularly effective. As the performance of MPC is highly dependent on the efficiency of its…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-06-12 Krispin A. Davies , Alejandro Ramirez-Serrano , Graeme N. Wilson , Mahmoud Mustafa

The problem of optimal motion planing and control is fundamental in robotics. However, this problem is intractable for continuous-time stochastic systems in general and the solution is difficult to approximate if non-instantaneous nonlinear…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-02-28 Mustafa Mukadam , Ching-An Cheng , Xinyan Yan , Byron Boots

This paper introduces a novel method for robust output-feedback model predictive control (MPC) for a class of nonlinear discrete-time systems. We propose a novel interval-valued predictor which, given an initial estimate of the state,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-15 Scott Brown , Mohammad Khajenejad , Aamodh Suresh , Sonia Martinez

Performance metrics measuring in Financial Integrity systems are crucial for maintaining an efficient and cost effective operation. An important performance metric is False Positive Rate. This metric cannot be directly monitored since we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-30 Moshe Tocker

We provide a comprehensive review and practical implementation of a recently developed model predictive control (MPC) framework for controlling unknown systems using only measured data and no explicit model knowledge. Our approach relies on…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-03 Julian Berberich , Johannes Köhler , Matthias A. Müller , Frank Allgöwer

As artificial intelligence systems move toward clinical deployment, ensuring reliable prediction behavior is fundamental for safety-critical decision-making tasks. One proposed safeguard is selective prediction, where models can defer…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-25 L. Julián Lechuga López , Farah E. Shamout , Tim G. J. Rudner

While it has been repeatedly shown that learning-based controllers can provide superior performance, they often lack of safety guarantees. This paper aims at addressing this problem by introducing a model predictive safety certification…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-04-09 Kim P. Wabersich , Melanie N. Zeilinger

Conformal inference is a popular tool for constructing prediction intervals (PI). We consider here the scenario of post-selection/selective conformal inference, that is PIs are reported only for individuals selected from an unlabeled test…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-03-13 Yajie Bao , Yuyang Huo , Haojie Ren , Changliang Zou

We aim to improve the performance of multi-agent flocking behavior by quantifying the structural significance of each agent. We designed a confidence score(ConfScore) to measure the spatial significance of each agent. The score will be used…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Jinfan Zhou , Jiyu Cheng , Lin Zhang , Wei Zhang

In this paper, we explore the interplay between Predictive Control and closed-loop optimality, spanning from Model Predictive Control to Data-Driven Predictive Control. Predictive Control in general relies on some form of prediction scheme…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-29 Akhil S Anand , Shambhuraj Sawant , Dirk Reinhardt , Sebastien Gros

Iterative learning control (ILC) is a method for reducing system tracking or estimation errors over multiple iterations by using information from past iterations. The disturbance observer (DOB) is used to estimate and mitigate disturbances…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Harsh Modi , Zhu Chen , Xiao Liang , Minghui Zheng

We consider control from the perspective of competitive analysis. Unlike much prior work on learning-based control, which focuses on minimizing regret against the best controller selected in hindsight from some specific class, we focus on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-02 Gautam Goel , Babak Hassibi

The success of the model predictive path integral control (MPPI) approach depends on the appropriate selection of the input distribution used for sampling. However, it can be challenging to select inputs that satisfy output constraints in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-16 Leon , Yan , Santosh Devasia