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This paper proposes efficient policy iteration and value iteration algorithms for the continuous-time linear quadratic regulator problem with unmeasurable states and unknown system dynamics, from the perspective of direct data-driven…

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We propose a computationally efficient Learning Model Predictive Control (LMPC) scheme for constrained optimal control of a class of nonlinear systems where the state and input can be reconstructed using lifted outputs. For the considered…

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In this paper, we present an iterative Model Predictive Control (MPC) design for piecewise nonlinear systems. We consider finite time control tasks where the goal of the controller is to steer the system from a starting configuration to a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-02 Ugo Rosolia , Aaron D. Ames

We propose a method for designing policies for convex stochastic control problems characterized by random linear dynamics and convex stage cost. We consider policies that employ quadratic approximate value functions as a substitute for the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-10 Alan Yang , Stephen Boyd

We propose a reference-free learning model predictive controller for periodic repetitive tasks. We consider a problem in which dynamics, constraints and stage cost are periodically time-varying. The controller uses the closed-loop data to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-20 Nicola Scianca , Ugo Rosolia , Francesco Borrelli

Evaluating learned robot control policies to determine their physical task-level capabilities costs experimenter time and effort. The growing number of policies and tasks exacerbates this issue. It is impractical to test every policy on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-17 Abrar Anwar , Rohan Gupta , Zain Merchant , Sayan Ghosh , Willie Neiswanger , Jesse Thomason

A Learning Model Predictive Controller (LMPC) for linear system in presented. The proposed controller is an extension of the LMPC [1] and it aims to decrease the computational burden. The control scheme is reference-free and is able to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-31 Ugo Rosolia , Francesco Borrelli

This paper considers the problem of adapting a predesigned policy, represented by a parameterized function class, from a solution that minimizes a given original cost function to a trade-off solution between minimizing the original…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-06 Wenjian Hao , Zehui Lu , Nicolas Miguel , Shaoshuai Mou

A robust Learning Model Predictive Controller (LMPC) for uncertain systems performing iterative tasks is presented. At each iteration of the control task the closed-loop state, input and cost are stored and used in the controller design.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-06 Ugo Rosolia , Xiaojing Zhang , Francesco Borrelli

This paper introduces a novel data-driven hierarchical control scheme for managing a fleet of nonlinear, capacity-constrained autonomous agents in an iterative environment. We propose a control framework consisting of a high-level dynamic…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-12 Charlott Vallon , Alessandro Pinto , Bartolomeo Stellato , Francesco Borrelli

A task decomposition method for iterative learning model predictive control is presented. We consider a constrained nonlinear dynamical system and assume the availability of state-input pair datasets which solve a task T1. Our objective is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-13 Charlott Vallon , Francesco Borrelli

In this paper, we propose a new policy iteration algorithm to compute the value function and the optimal controls of continuous time stochastic control problems. The algorithm relies on successive approximations using linear-quadratic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-09 Dylan Possamaï , Ludovic Tangpi

We consider deterministic finite-horizon optimal control problems with a fixed initial state. We introduce an on-line policy iteration method, which, starting from a given policy, however obtained, generates a sequence of cost-improving…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-12 Yuchao Li , Fei Chen , Yingke Li , Chuchu Fan , Dimitri Bertsekas

Many modern robotic systems such as multi-robot systems and manipulators exhibit redundancy, a property owing to which they are capable of executing multiple tasks. This work proposes a novel method, based on the Reinforcement Learning (RL)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-03 Sheikh A. Tahmid , Gennaro Notomista

A Task Decomposition method for iterative learning Model Predictive Control (TDMPC) for linear time-varying systems is presented. We consider the availability of state-input trajectories which solve an original task T1, and design a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-05 Charlott Vallon , Francesco Borrelli

A Learning Model Predictive Controller (LMPC) for iterative tasks is presented. The controller is reference-free and is able to improve its performance by learning from previous iterations. A safe set and a terminal cost function are used…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-12-15 Ugo Rosolia , Francesco Borrelli

The flocking motion control is concerned with managing the possible conflicts between local and team objectives of multi-agent systems. The overall control process guides the agents while monitoring the flock-cohesiveness and localization.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-20 Shuzheng Qu , Mohammed Abouheaf , Wail Gueaieb , Davide Spinello

We propose an iterative approach for designing Robust Learning Model Predictive Control (LMPC) policies for a class of nonlinear systems with additive, unmodelled dynamics. The nominal dynamics are assumed to be difference flat, i.e., the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-23 Siddharth H. Nair , Francesco Borrelli

Batch reinforcement learning enables policy learning without direct interaction with the environment during training, relying exclusively on previously collected sets of interactions. This approach is, therefore, well-suited for high-risk…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-18 Amna Najib , Stefan Depeweg , Phillip Swazinna

In this article, we propose a data-enabled economic predictive control method for a class of nonlinear systems, which aims to optimize the economic operational performance while handling hard constraints on the system outputs. Two lifting…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-30 Mingxue Yan , Xuewen Zhang , Kaixiang Zhang , Zhaojian Li , Xunyuan Yin
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