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A $\mathcal{H}_2$-guaranteed sparse-feedback linear-quadratic (LQ) optimal control with convex parameterization and convex-bounded uncertainty is studied in this paper, where $\ell_0$-penalty is added into the $\mathcal{H}_2$ cost to…
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We study the convergence behavior of the stochastic heavy-ball method with a small stepsize. Under a change of time scale, we approximate the discrete method by a stochastic differential equation that models small random perturbations of a…
We study sparse solutions of optimal control problems governed by PDEs with uncertain coefficients. We propose two formulations, one where the solution is a deterministic control optimizing the mean objective, and a formulation aiming at…
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Non-negative least squares (NNLS) problem is one of the most important fundamental problems in numeric analysis. It has been widely used in scientific computation and data modeling. In big data, the limitations of algorithm speed and…
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One way to understand time-series data is to identify the underlying dynamical system which generates it. This task can be done by selecting an appropriate model and a set of parameters which best fits the dynamics while providing the…
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A Hessian based optimal control method is presented in Liouville space to mitigate previously undesirable polynomial scaling of computation time. This new method, an improvement to the state-of-the-art Newton-Raphson GRAPE method, is…