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This paper deals with optimal control problems described by a controlled version of Moreau's sweeping process governed by convex polyhedra, where measurable control actions enter additive perturbations. This class of problems, which…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-08-14 Giovanni Colombo , Boris S. Mordukhovich , Dao Nguyen

The paper is devoted to the study of a new class of optimal control problems governed by discontinuous constrained differential inclusions of the sweeping type with involving the duration of the dynamic process into optimization. We develop…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-18 Giovanni Colombo , Boris S. Mordukhovich , Dao Nguyen , Trang Nguyen

This paper introduces a crowd modeling and motion control approach that employs diffusion adaptation within an adaptive network. In the network, nodes collaboratively address specific estimation problems while simultaneously moving as…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-10-25 Zirui Wan , Saeid Sanei

Real-time computation of optimal control is a challenging problem and, to solve this difficulty, many frameworks proposed to use learning techniques to learn (possibly sub-optimal) controllers and enable their usage in an online fashion.…

We discuss the control of a human crowd whose dynamics is governed by a regularized version of Hughes' model, cf. Hughes: A continuum theory for the flow of pedestrians. Transportation research part B: methodological, 36 (2002). We assume…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-10 Roland Herzog , Jan-Frederik Pietschmann , Max Winkler

The paper is devoted to a free-time optimal control problem for sweeping processes. We develop a constructive finite-difference approximation procedure that allows us to establish necessary optimality conditions for discrete optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-11 Tan H. Cao , Nathalie T. Khalil , Boris S. Mordukhovich , Dao Nguyen , Trang Nguyen , Fernando Lobo Pereira

Modeling heterogeneous and multi-lane traffic flow is essential for understanding and controlling complex transportation systems. In this work, we consider three vehicle populations: two classes of human-driven vehicles (cars and trucks)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-17 Maria Teresa Chiri , Christopher Denaro , Xiaoqian Gong , Benedetto Piccoli

This paper presents a systematic approach for computing local solutions to motion planning problems in non-convex environments using numerical optimal control techniques. It extends the range of use of state-of-the-art numerical optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-03 Kristoffer Bergman , Daniel Axehill

This paper considers the optimal control for hybrid systems whose trajectories transition between distinct subsystems when state-dependent constraints are satisfied. Though this class of systems is useful while modeling a variety of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-21 Pengcheng Zhao , Shankar Mohan , Ram Vasudevan

In this paper we propose a classification of crowd models in built environments based on the assumed pedestrian ability to foresee the movements of other walkers. At the same time, we introduce a new family of macroscopic models, which make…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-04-22 Emiliano Cristiani , Fabio S. Priuli , Andrea Tosin

The coupling of human movement dynamics with the function and design of wearable assistive devices is vital to better understand the interaction between the two. Advanced neuromuscular models and optimal control formulations provide the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-04-10 Manish Sreenivasa , Matthew Millard , Paul Manns , Katja Mombaur

The aim of this paper is to develop a crowd motion model designed to handle highly packed situations. The model we propose rests on two principles: We first define a spontaneous velocity which corresponds to the velocity each individual…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2009-01-09 Bertrand Maury , Juliette Venel

In many human-in-the-loop robotic applications such as robot-assisted surgery and remote teleoperation, predicting the intended motion of the human operator may be useful for successful implementation of shared control, guidance virtual…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-03-28 Arun Kumar Singh , Sigal Berman , Ilana Nisky

The paper addresses the study of a class of evolutionary quasi-variational inequalities of the parabolic type arising in the formation and growth models of granular and cohensionless materials. Such models and their mathematical…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-02 Harbir Antil , Rafael Arndt , Boris S. Mordukhovich , Dao Nguyen , Carlos N. Rautenberg

This paper addresses a new class of optimal control problems for perturbed sweeping processes with measurable controls in additive perturbations of the dynamics and smooth controls in polyhedral moving sets. We develop a constructive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-14 Tan H. Cao , Giovanni Colombo , Boris S. Mordukhovich , Dao Nguyen

In this paper, we study the optimal control of a mixed-autonomy platoon driving on a single lane to smooth traffic flow. The platoon consists of autonomous vehicles, whose acceleration is controlled, and human-driven vehicles, whose…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-28 Arwa Alanqary , Alexandre M. Bayen , Xiaoqian Gong , Anish Gollakota , Alexander Keimer , Ashish Pandian

Solving complex optimal control problems have confronted computational challenges for a long time. Recent advances in machine learning have provided us with new opportunities to address these challenges. This paper takes model predictive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-21 Weinan E , Jiequn Han , Jihao Long

The paper addresses a new class of optimal control problems governed by the dissipative and discontinuous differential inclusion of the sweeping/Moreau process while using controls to determine the best shape of moving convex polyhedra in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-06-16 Giovanni Colombo , René Henrion , Nguyen Dinh Hoang , Boris S. Mordukhovich

This paper considers the problem of determining an optimal control action based on observed data. We formulate the problem assuming that the system can be modelled by a nonlinear state-space model, but where the model parameters, state and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-02 Johannes N. Hendriks , James R. Z. Holdsworth , Adrian G. Wills , Thomas B. Schon , Brett Ninness

In this paper we are concerned with multiscale modeling, control, and simulation of self-organizing agents leaving an unknown area under limited visibility, with special emphasis on crowds. We first introduce a new microscopic model…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-10-04 Giacomo Albi , Mattia Bongini , Emiliano Cristiani , Dante Kalise