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We address the design of a model predictive control (MPC) scheme for large-scale linear systems using reduced-order models (ROMs). Our approach uses a ROM, leverages tools from robust control, and integrates them into an MPC framework to…
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RDMA-empowered cloud services are gradually deployed across datacenters (DCs) with multiple paths, which exhibit new properties of path asymmetry, delayed congestion signals, and simultaneous flow routing collisions, and further fail…
Writing multimedia interaction systems is not easy. Their concurrent processes usually access shared resources in a non-deterministic order, often leading to unpredictable behavior. Using Pure Data (Pd) and Max/MSP is possible to program…
In this paper, we present a robust adaptive model predictive control (MPC) scheme for linear systems subject to parametric uncertainty and additive disturbances. The proposed approach provides a computationally efficient formulation with…
Safety in obstacle avoidance is critical for autonomous driving. While model predictive control (MPC) is widely used, simplified prediction models such as linearized or single-track vehicle models introduce discrepancies between predicted…
Connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technology is providing urban transportation managers tremendous opportunities for better operation of urban mobility systems. However, there are significant challenges in real-time implementation, as…
Geo-distribution is essential for modern online applications to ensure service reliability and high availability. However, supporting high-performance serializable transactions in geo-replicated databases remains a significant challenge.…
The isolation level Multiversion Read Committed (RC), offered by many database systems, is known to trade consistency for increased transaction throughput. Sometimes, transaction workloads can be safely executed under RC obtaining the…
It is commonly believed that datacenter networking software must sacrifice generality to attain high performance. The popularity of specialized distributed systems designed specifically for niche technologies such as RDMA, lossless…
Nonlinear Robust Model Predictive Control (RMPC) provides a very promising solution to the problem of automatic emergency maneuvering, which is capable of handling multiple possibly conflicting objectives of robustness and performance. Even…
AI tasks differ in complexity and are best addressed with different computation strategies (e.g., combinations of models and decoding methods). Hence, an effective routing system that maps tasks to the appropriate strategies is crucial.…
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One of the major challenges for the engineering of wireless sensing systems is to improve the software abstractions and frameworks that are available to programmers while ensuring system reliability and efficiency. The distributed systems…
Hybrid workflows combining traditional HPC and novel ML methodologies are transforming scientific computing. This paper presents the architecture and implementation of a scalable runtime system that extends RADICAL-Pilot with service-based…
We consider controller design for robust output tracking and disturbance rejection for continuous-time periodic linear systems with periodic reference and disturbance signals. As our main results we present four different controllers: A…
In the realm of control systems, model predictive control (MPC) has exhibited remarkable potential; however, its reliance on accurate models and substantial computational resources has hindered its broader application, especially within…