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In this paper, we consider the problem of containment control of multi-agent systems with multiple stationary leaders, interacting over a directed network. While, containment control refers to just ensuring that the follower agents reach…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-31 Sushobhan Chatterjee , Rachel Kalpana Kalaimani

We consider stochastic model predictive control of a multi-agent systems with constraints on the probabilities of inter-agent collisions. We first study a sample-based approximation of the collision probabilities and use this approximation…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2011-08-17 Daniel Lyons , Jan-P. Calliess , Uwe D. Hanebeck

We study methods for solving stochastic control problems of systems of forward-backward mean-field equations with delay, in finite or infinite horizon. Necessary and sufficient maximum principles under partial information are given. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-10-31 Nacira Agram , Elin Engen Rose

The paper focuses on mean-field type multi-agent control problems with finite state and action spaces where the dynamics and cost structures are symmetric and homogeneous, and are affected by the distribution of the agents. A standard…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-03 Erhan Bayraktar , Ali D. Kara

We study the convergence problem of mean-field control theory in the presence of state constraints and non-degenerate idiosyncratic noise. Our main result is the convergence of the value functions associated to stochastic control problems…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-02 Samuel Daudin

This paper investigates the robustness of a novel high-dimensional continuification control method for complex multi-agent systems. We begin by formulating a partial differential equation describing the spatio-temporal density dynamics of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-10 Gian Carlo Maffettone , Mario di Bernardo , Maurizio Porfiri

We consider a continuous time stochastic optimal control problem under both equality and inequality constraints on the expectation of some functionals of the controlled process. Under a qualification condition, we show that the problem is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-09 Laurent Pfeiffer , Xiaolu Tan , Yulong Zhou

The stochastic optimal control of many agents is an important problem in various fields. We investigate the problem of partial observations, where the state of each agent is not fully observed and the control must be decided based on noisy…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-30 Aaron Zeff Palmer

This paper studies a mean field game inspired by crowd motion in which agents evolve in a compact domain and want to reach its boundary minimizing the sum of their travel time and a given boundary cost. Interactions between agents occur…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-31 Samer Dweik , Guilherme Mazanti

The optimal control for mobile agents is an important and challenging issue. Recent work shows that using randomized mechanism in agents' control can make the state unpredictable, and thus improve the security of agents. However, the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-05 Chendi Qu , Jianping He , Jialun Li

This paper studies multiobjective optimal control problems in the continuous-time framework when the space of states and the space of controls are infinite-dimensional and with lighter smoothness assumptions than the usual ones. The paper…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-04 Naila Hayek , Hasan Yilmaz

We address the problem of persistent monitoring, where a finite set of mobile agents has to persistently visit a finite set of targets. Each of these targets has an internal state that evolves with linear stochastic dynamics. The agents can…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-23 Samuel C. Pinto , Sean B. Andersson , Julien M. Hendrickx , Christos G. Cassandras

The mean-field control problem for a multi-dimensional diffusion-aggregation system with Coulomb interaction (the so called parabolic elliptic Keller-Segel system) is considered. The existence of optimal control is proved through the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-21 Li Chen , Yucheng Wang , Zhao Wang

Motivated by the applications, a class of optimal control problems is investigated, where the goal is to influence the behavior of a given population through another controlled one interacting with the first. Diffusive terms accounting for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-10 Stefano Almi , Marco Morandotti , Francesco Solombrino

This paper considers an optimal control problem for a linear mean-field stochastic differential equation having regime switching with quadratic functional in the large time horizons. Our main contribution lies in establishing the strong…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Hongwei Mei , Svetlozar Rachev , Rui Wang

We study a multiscale approach for the control of agent-based, two-population models. The control variable acts over one population of leaders, which influence the population of followers via the coupling generated by their interaction. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-02 Giacomo Albi , Dante Kalise

Optimal control of large particle systems with collective dynamics by few agents is a subject of high practical importance (e.g. in evacuation dynamics), but still limited mathematical basis. In particular the transition from discrete…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-10-06 Martin Burger , René Pinnau , Andreas Roth , Claudia Totzeck , Oliver Tse

We review a body of recent work by the author and collaborators on controlling the spatial organisation of large agent populations across multiple scales. A central theme is the systematic bridging of microscopic agent-level dynamics and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-17 Mario di Bernardo

This paper is devoted to the study of multi-agent deterministic optimal control problems. We initially provide a thorough analysis of the Lagrangian, Eulerian and Kantorovich formulations of the problems, as well as of their relaxations.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-17 Giulia Cavagnari , Stefano Lisini , Carlo Orrieri , Giuseppe Savaré

Coverage control algorithms have traditionally focused on static target densities, where agents are deployed to optimally cover a fixed spatial distribution. However, many applications involve time-varying densities, including environmental…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-30 Italo Napolitano , Mario di Bernardo