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We consider a large population of learning agents noncooperatively selecting strategies from a common set, influencing the dynamics of an exogenous system (ES) we seek to stabilize at a desired equilibrium. Our approach is to design a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-17 Jair Certório , Nuno C. Martins , Richard J. La , Murat Arcak

We study the problem of \textit{safe control of linear dynamical systems corrupted with non-stochastic noise}, and provide an algorithm that guarantees (i) zero constraint violation of convex time-varying constraints, and (ii) bounded…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-25 Hongyu Zhou , Vasileios Tzoumas

In this paper, we consider a two-qubit system undergoing continuous-time measurements. In presence of multiple channels, we provide sufficient conditions on the continuous feedback control law ensuring almost sure exponential convergence to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-03-19 Weichao Liang , Nina H. Amini , Paolo Mason

This letter proposes a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based adaptive controller wtih three notable features: 1) it determines control input directly from historical sensor data (in an end-to-end process); 2) it learns the desired…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-07 Myeongseok Ryu , Kyunghwan Choi

Stochastic optimal control with unknown randomness distributions has been studied for a long time, encompassing robust control, distributionally robust control, and adaptive control. We propose a new episodic Bayesian approach that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-02 Alexander Shapiro , Enlu Zhou , Yifan Lin , Yuhao Wang

Most existing neural network-based approaches for solving stochastic optimal control problems using the associated backward dynamic programming principle rely on the ability to simulate the underlying state variables. However, in some…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2024-01-30 Christian Yeo

We propose a method for evolving solutions that are robust with respect to variations of the environmental conditions (i.e. that can operate effectively in new conditions immediately, without the need to adapt to variations). The obtained…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-06-19 Paolo Pagliuca , Stefano Nolfi

In recent years, Neural Networks (NNs) have been employed to control nonlinear systems due to their potential capability in dealing with situations that might be difficult for conventional nonlinear control schemes. However, to the best of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-04 Anran Li , John P. Swensen , Mehdi Hosseinzadeh

This paper examines stochastic optimal control problems in which the state is perfectly known, but the controller's measure of time is a stochastic process derived from a strictly increasing L\'evy process. We provide dynamic programming…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-01-03 Andrew Lamperski , Noah J. Cowan

For systems that are not observable at the very equilibrium of interest to be stabilized, output-feedback stabilization is considerably challenging. In this paper we solve this control problem for the case-study of a second-order system…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-21 Mohamed Maghenem , William Pasillas-Lépine , Antonio Loría , Missie Aguado-Rojas

In this paper we propose a framework towards achieving two intertwined objectives: (i) equipping reinforcement learning with active exploration and deliberate information gathering, such that it regulates state and parameter uncertainties…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-10 Mohammad S. Ramadan , Mahmoud A. Hayajnh , Michael T. Tolley , Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis

In this paper we consider the problem of global asymptotic stabilization with prescribed local behavior. We show that this problem can be formulated in terms of control Lyapunov functions. Moreover, we show that if the local control law has…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-08-12 Sofiane Benachour , Humberto Stein Shiromoto , Vincent Andrieu

We develop a neural-network framework for multi-period risk--reward stochastic control problems with constrained two-step feedback policies that may be discontinuous in the state. We allow a broad class of objectives built on a…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2026-03-09 Chang Chen , Duy-Minh Dang

Dual control denotes a class of control problems where the parameters governing the system are imperfectly known. The challenge is to find the optimal balance between probing, i.e. exciting the system to understand it more, and caution,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-29 Martin Péron , Christopher M. Baker , Barry D. Hughes , Iadine Chadès

We present Neural Stochastic Contraction Metrics (NSCM), a new design framework for provably-stable robust control and estimation for a class of stochastic nonlinear systems. It uses a spectrally-normalized deep neural network to construct…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Hiroyasu Tsukamoto , Soon-Jo Chung , Jean-Jacques E. Slotine

In this paper we first study the fixed-time stabilizability of discrete-time switched linear control systems. Using a geometric approach, we derive conditions under which such systems can be stabilized within a prescribed number of steps,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-30 Picchiotti Flavio , Thiago Alves Lima , Girard Antoine

To deal with time-varying processor availability and lossy communication channels in embedded and networked control systems, one can employ an event-triggered sequence-based anytime control (E-SAC) algorithm. The main idea of E-SAC is, when…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-24 Thuy V. Dang , K. V. Ling , D. E. Quevedo

We derive a state-space characterization of all dynamic state-feedback controllers that make an equilibrium of a nonlinear input-affine continuous-time system locally exponentially stable. Specifically, any controller obtained as the sum of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Luca Furieri

We propose a provably stabilizing and tractable approach for control of constrained linear systems under intermittent observations and unreliable transmissions of control commands. A smart sensor equipped with a Kalman filter is employed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-14 Prabhat K. Mishra , Debasish Chatterjee , Daniel E. Quevedo

When neural networks are used to model dynamics, properties such as stability of the dynamics are generally not guaranteed. In contrast, there is a recent method for learning the dynamics of autonomous systems that guarantees global…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-21 Kenji Kashima , Ryota Yoshiuchi , Yu Kawano