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A square-root-free matrix QR decomposition (QRD) scheme was rederived in [1] based on [2] to simplify computations when solving least-squares (LS) problems on embedded systems. The scheme of [1] aims at eliminating both the square-root and…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2016-05-18 Mohammad M. Mansour

We propose a reinforcement learning (RL)-based algorithm to jointly train (1) a trajectory planner and (2) a tracking controller in a layered control architecture. Our algorithm arises naturally from a rewrite of the underlying optimal…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-18 Fengjun Yang , Nikolai Matni

In this work, we study an optimal control problem for a multi-agent system modeled by an undirected formation graph with nodes describing the kinematics of each agent, given by a left-invariant control system on a Lie group. The agents…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-26 Leonardo Colombo , Dimos Dimarogonas

In this paper, we present a structured solver based on the preconditioned conjugate gradient method (PCGM) for solving the linear quadratic (LQ) optimal control problem for $K \times N$ sub-systems connected in a two-dimensional (2D) grid…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-18 Armaghan Zafar , Ian R. Manchester

We consider the task of learning to control a linear dynamical system under fixed quadratic costs, known as the Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) problem. While model-free approaches are often favorable in practice, thus far only model-based…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-02-26 Asaf Cassel , Tomer Koren

In this paper, scalable controller design to achieve output synchronization for a heterogeneous discrete-time nonlinear multi-agent system is considered. The agents are assumed to exhibit potentially nonlinear dynamics but share linear…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-29 Xin Mao , Dan Wang , Wei Chen , Li Qiu

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

We study the exploration-exploitation dilemma in the linear quadratic regulator (LQR) setting. Inspired by the extended value iteration algorithm used in optimistic algorithms for finite MDPs, we propose to relax the optimistic optimization…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-07-14 Marc Abeille , Alessandro Lazaric

Model predictive control (MPC) has played a more crucial role in various robotic control tasks, but its high computational requirements are concerning, especially for nonlinear dynamical models. This paper presents a $\textbf{la}$tent…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Yuan Zhang , Shaohui Yang , Toshiyuki Ohtsuka , Colin Jones , Joschka Boedecker

A method is presented for parallelizing the computation of solutions to discrete-time, linear-quadratic, finite-horizon optimal control problems, which we will refer to as LQR problems. This class of problem arises frequently in robotic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-18 Forrest Laine , Claire Tomlin

In this paper, an extension of a linear control design for hyperbolic linear partial differential equations is presented for a first-order traffic flow model. Starting from the Lighthill-Whitham-Richards (LWR) model, variable speed limit…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-06 Brian Block , Stephanie Stockar

This paper studies the trade-off between the degree of decentralization and the performance of a distributed controller in a linear-quadratic control setting. We study a system of interconnected agents over a graph and a distributed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-11 Sungho Shin , Yiheng Lin , Guannan Qu , Adam Wierman , Mihai Anitescu

This paper presents a convex optimization-based solution to the design of state-feedback controllers for solving the linear quadratic regulator (LQR) problem of uncertain discrete-time systems with multiplicative noise. To synthesize a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-17 Majid Mazouchi , Farzaneh Tatari , Hamidreza Modares

This paper studies data-driven approaches to the continuous-time linear quadratic regulator (LQR) problem based on two existing parameterizations, namely a closed-loop (CL) parameterization from behavioral system theory and an integral…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Armin Gießler , Felix Thömmes , Sören Hohmann

We solve a linear quadratic optimal control problem for sampled-data systems with stochastic delays. The delays are stochastically determined by the last few delays. The proposed optimal controller can be efficiently computed by iteratively…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-18 Masashi Wakaiki , Masaki Ogura , Joao P. Hespanha

Multi-agent systems (MAS) have shown great potential in executing complex tasks, but coordination and safety remain significant challenges. Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) offers a promising framework for agent collaboration, but…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-14 Ziqi Jia , Junjie Li , Xiaoyang Qu , Jianzong Wang

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

This paper studies uniform stabilization and social optimality for linear quadratic (LQ) mean field control problems with multiplicative noise, where agents are coupled via dynamics and individual costs. The state and control weights in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-31 Bingchang Wang , Huanshui Zhang

We develop an algorithm that combines model-based and model-free methods for solving a nonlinear optimal control problem with a quadratic cost in which the system model is given by a linear state-space model with a small additive nonlinear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-23 Yansong Li , Shuo Han

Reinforcement learning (RL) is a class of artificial intelligence algorithms being used to design adaptive optimal controllers through online learning. This paper presents a model-free, real-time, data-efficient Q-learning-based algorithm…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-11 Ali Aalipour , Alireza Khani