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This paper introduces a generalization of the well-known Riccati recursion for solving the discrete-time equality-constrained linear quadratic optimal control problem. The recursion can be used to compute the solutions as well as optimal…

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This paper proposes a novel lifting method which converts the standard discrete-time linear periodic system to an augmented linear time-invariant system. The linear quadratic optimal control is then based on the solution of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-21 Yaguang Yang

Iterative linear-quadratic (ILQ) methods are widely used in the nonlinear optimal control community. Recent work has applied similar methodology in the setting of multiplayer general-sum differential games. Here, ILQ methods are capable of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-20 David Fridovich-Keil , Vicenc Rubies-Royo , Claire J. Tomlin

We propose a new framework to design controllers for high-dimensional nonlinear systems. The control is designed through the iterative linear quadratic regulator (ILQR), an algorithm that computes control by iteratively applying the linear…

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We study the time-inconsistent linear quadratic optimal control problem for forward-backward stochastic differential equations with potentially indefinite cost weighting matrices for both the state and the control variables. Our research…

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This paper studies an infinite horizon optimal control problem for discrete-time linear systems and quadratic criteria, both with random parameters which are independent and identically distributed with respect to time. A classical approach…

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Recent strides in nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) underscore a dependence on numerical advancements to efficiently and accurately solve large-scale problems. Given the substantial number of variables characterizing typical…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Wilson Jallet , Ewen Dantec , Etienne Arlaud , Justin Carpentier , Nicolas Mansard

Trajectory optimization is a popular strategy for planning trajectories for robotic systems. However, many robotic tasks require changing contact conditions, which is difficult due to the hybrid nature of the dynamics. The optimal sequence…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-08 Nathan J. Kong , George Council , Aaron M. Johnson

While differentiable control has emerged as a powerful paradigm combining model-free flexibility with model-based efficiency, the iterative Linear Quadratic Regulator (iLQR) remains underexplored as a differentiable component. The…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Shuyuan Wang , Philip D. Loewen , Michael Forbes , Bhushan Gopaluni , Wei Pan

This paper studies the learning-to-control problem under process and sensing uncertainties for dynamical systems. In our previous work, we developed a data-based generalization of the iterative linear quadratic regulator (iLQR) to design…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-09 Ran Wang , Raman Goyal , Suman Chakravorty

This article explores the discrete-time stochastic optimal LQR control with delay and quadratic constraints. The inclusion of delay, compared to delay-free optimal LQR control with quadratic constraints, significantly increases the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-19 Dawei Liu , Juanjuan Xu , huanshui Zhang

In this paper, we propose a method for estimating the algebraic Riccati equation (ARE) with respect to an unknown discrete-time system from the system state and input observation. The inverse optimal control (IOC) problem asks, ``What…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-12 Shuhei Sugiura , Ryo Ariizumi , Masaya Tanemura , Toru Asai , Shun-ichi Azuma

We present a continuous-time equivalent to the well-known iterative linear-quadratic algorithm including an implementation of a backtracking line-search policy and a novel regularization approach based on the necessary conditions in the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-22 Juraj Lieskovský , Jaroslav Bušek , Tomáš Vyhlídal

This paper focuses on adaptive control of the discrete-time linear quadratic regulator (adaptive LQR). Recent literature has made significant contributions in proving non-asymptotic convergence rates, but existing approaches have a few…

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Real-time optimal control remains a fundamental challenge in robotics, especially for nonlinear systems with stringent performance requirements. As one of the representative trajectory optimization algorithms, the iterative Linear Quadratic…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-07 Yue Wang , Haoyu Wang , Zhaoxing Li

This paper studies a continuous-time stochastic linear-quadratic (SLQ) optimal control problem on infinite-horizon. A data-driven policy iteration algorithm is proposed to solve the SLQ problem. Without knowing three system coefficient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-30 Heng Zhang , Na Li

Constrained Iterative Linear Quadratic Regulator (CILQR), a variant of ILQR, has been recently proposed for motion planning problems of autonomous vehicles to deal with constraints such as obstacle avoidance and reference tracking. However,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-03-06 Yanjun Pan , Qin Lin , Het Shah , John M. Dolan

Collision avoidance is one of the most challenging tasks people need to consider for developing the self-driving technology. In this paper we propose a new spatiotemporal motion planning algorithm that efficiently solves a constrained…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-18 Changxi You

Iterative linear quadratic regulator (iLQR) has gained wide popularity in addressing trajectory optimization problems with nonlinear system models. However, as a model-based shooting method, it relies heavily on an accurate system model to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-09-16 Zilong Cheng , Yulin Li , Kai Chen , Jun Ma , Tong Heng Lee