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We discuss the feedback control problem for a two-dimensional two-phase Stefan problem. In our approach, we use a sharp interface representation in combination with mesh-movement to track the interface position. To attain a feedback…
In this paper, we introduce and discuss the concept of a mutual control problem. Our analysis relies on a vector fixed-point approach based on the fixed-point theorems of Perov, Schauder, Leray-Schauder, and Avramescu. Additionally, for a…
Feedback optimization refers to a class of methods that steer a control system to a steady state that solves an optimization problem. Despite tremendous progress on the topic, an important problem remains open: enforcing state constraints…
In this paper, we take a first step towards generalizing a recently proposed method for dealing with the problem of convergence to incorrect equilibrium points of distance-based formation controllers. Specifically, we introduce a distance…
The task of inducing, via continuous static state-feedback control, an asymptotically stable heteroclinic orbit in a nonlinear control system is considered in this paper. The main motivation comes from the problem of ensuring convergence to…
This paper analyzes distributed control protocols for first- and second-order networked dynamical systems. We propose a class of nonlinear consensus controllers where the input of each agent can be written as a product of a nonlinear gain,…
We study the stability and dynamics of traveling-front solutions of a modified Kuramoto--Sivashinsky equation arising in the modeling of nanoscale ripple patterns that form when a nominally flat solid surface is bombarded with a broad ion…
For a physical or biological model whose dynamics is described by a higher order difference equation $u_{n+1}=f(u_n,u_{n-1}, \dots, u_{n-k+1})$, we propose a version of a target oriented control $u_{n+1}=cT+(1-c)f(u_n,u_{n-1}, \dots,…
This article solves an optimal control problem arising in attitude control of a spacecraft under state and control constraints. We first derive the discrete-time attitude dynamics by employing discrete mechanics. The orientation transfer,…
We address density control problems for large-scale multi-agent systems in leader-follower settings, where a group of controllable leaders must steer a population of followers toward a desired spatial distribution. Unlike prior work, we…
Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control is used for automatically regulating a measurable quantity to a desired setpoint. It is widely used in different types of classical control electronics. Here, we show how extending the feedback…
We consider a nonlinear control system with vector-valued measures as controls and with dynamics depending on time delayed states. First, we introduce a notion of discontinuous, bounded variation solution associated with this system and…
Finite-dimensional dissipative dynamical systems with multiple time-scales are obtained when modeling chemical reaction kinetics with ordinary differential equations. Such stiff systems are computationally hard to solve and therefore,…
S. Hansen and E. Zuazua [SIAM J. Cont. Optim., 1995] studied the problem of exact controllability of two strings connected by a point mass with constant physical coefficients. In this paper we study the same problem with variable physical…
In this paper we consider the problem of controlling pointwise, by means of a time dependent Dirac measure supported by a given point, a coupled system of two Korteweg-de Vries equations on the unit circle. More precisely, by means of…
This work proposes a decision-making framework for partially observable systems in continuous time with discrete state and action spaces. As optimal decision-making becomes intractable for large state spaces we employ approximation methods…
We examine the effects of pure additive noise on spatially extended systems with quadratic nonlinearities. We develop a general multiscale theory for such systems and apply it to the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation as a case study. We first…
The problem of synchronization and balancing around simple closed polar curves is addressed for unicycle-type multi-agent systems. Leveraging the concept of barrier Lyapunov function in conjunction with bounded Lyapunov-like curve-phase…
We propose a new controllability property for linear time varying control systems in finite dimension: the nonuniform complete controllability, which is halfway between the classical Kalman's properties of complete controllability and…
We describe algorithms, and experimental strategies, for the Pareto optimal control problem of simultaneously driving an arbitrary number of quantum observable expectation values to their respective extrema. Conventional quantum optimal…