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We propose a new class of deep reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms that model latent representations in hyperbolic space. Sequential decision-making requires reasoning about the possible future consequences of current behavior.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-05 Edoardo Cetin , Benjamin Chamberlain , Michael Bronstein , Jonathan J Hunt

First-order methods for quadratic optimization such as OSQP are widely used for large-scale machine learning and embedded optimal control, where many related problems must be rapidly solved. These methods face two persistent challenges:…

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

We approach the task of network congestion control in datacenters using Reinforcement Learning (RL). Successful congestion control algorithms can dramatically improve latency and overall network throughput. Until today, no such…

This paper proposes adversarial attacks for Reinforcement Learning (RL) and then improves the robustness of Deep Reinforcement Learning algorithms (DRL) to parameter uncertainties with the help of these attacks. We show that even a naively…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-12-12 Anay Pattanaik , Zhenyi Tang , Shuijing Liu , Gautham Bommannan , Girish Chowdhary

Reinforcement learning (RL) can be a powerful alternative to classical control methods when standard model-based control is insufficient, e.g., when deriving a suitable model is intractable or impossible. In many cases, however, the choice…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Victor Schulte , Michael Eichelbeck , Matthias Althoff

This paper provides a systematic comparison between Fitted Dynamic Programming (DP), where demand is estimated from data, and Reinforcement Learning (RL) methods in finite-horizon dynamic pricing problems. We analyze their performance…

General Economics · Economics 2026-04-16 Lev Razumovskiy , Nikolay Karenin

Ramp metering is the act of controlling on-going vehicles to the highway mainlines. Decades of practices of ramp metering have proved that ramp metering can decrease total travel time, mitigate shockwaves, decrease rear-end collisions by…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-15 Diyi Liu , Lanmin Liu , Lee D Han

Recently, Intelligent Transportation Systems are leveraging the power of increased sensory coverage and computing power to deliver data-intensive solutions achieving higher levels of performance than traditional systems. Within Traffic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-05-03 Alvaro Cabrejas-Egea , Raymond Zhang , Neil Walton

Common approaches to control a data-center cooling system rely on approximated system/environment models that are built upon the knowledge of mechanical cooling and electrical and thermal management. These models are difficult to design and…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-08-31 Takao Moriyama , Giovanni De Magistris , Michiaki Tatsubori , Tu-Hoa Pham , Asim Munawar , Ryuki Tachibana

Methods of deep machine learning enable to to reuse low-level representations efficiently for generating more abstract high-level representations. Originally, deep learning has been applied passively (e.g., for classification purposes).…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2014-12-22 Mark Wernsdorfer , Ute Schmid

Learning-based approaches, such as reinforcement learning (RL) and imitation learning (IL), have indicated superiority over rule-based approaches in complex urban autonomous driving environments, showing great potential to make intelligent…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Haochen Liu , Zhiyu Huang , Jingda Wu , Chen Lv

This paper presents novel methods for tuning inverter controller gains using deep reinforcement learning (DRL). A Simulink-developed inverter model is converted into a dynamic link library (DLL) and integrated with a Python-based RL…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-05 Shuvangkar Chandra Das , Tuyen Vu , Deepak Ramasubramanian , Evangelos Farantatos , Jianhua Zhang , Thomas Ortmeyer

Parameterised quantum circuit (PQC) based Quantum Reinforcement Learning (QRL) has emerged as a promising paradigm at the intersection of quantum computing and reinforcement learning (RL). By design, PQCs create hybrid quantum-classical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-24 Javier Lazaro , Juan-Ignacio Vazquez , Pablo Garcia-Bringas

This study presents the first experimental implementation of deep reinforcement learning (DRL) for the active real-time suppression of flow-induced vibrations in simultaneously vibrating tandem cylinders using rotary actuation, considering…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-05-21 Hussam Sababha , Mohammed Daqaq

Deep Reinforcement Learning (RL) has shown great success in learning complex control policies for a variety of applications in robotics. However, in most such cases, the hardware of the robot has been considered immutable, modeled as part…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-10 Tianjian Chen , Zhanpeng He , Matei Ciocarlie

We demonstrate experimentally the feasibility of applying reinforcement learning (RL) in flow control problems by automatically discovering active control strategies without any prior knowledge of the flow physics. We consider the turbulent…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-03-10 Dixia Fan , Liu Yang , Michael S Triantafyllou , George Em Karniadakis

Closed loop quantum control uses measurement to control the dynamics of a quantum system to achieve either a desired target state or target dynamics. In the case when the quantum Hamiltonian is quadratic in ${x}$ and ${p}$, there are known…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-15 Sangkha Borah , Bijita Sarma , Michael Kewming , Gerard J. Milburn , Jason Twamley

We consider a hybrid reinforcement learning setting (Hybrid RL), in which an agent has access to an offline dataset and the ability to collect experience via real-world online interaction. The framework mitigates the challenges that arise…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-14 Yuda Song , Yifei Zhou , Ayush Sekhari , J. Andrew Bagnell , Akshay Krishnamurthy , Wen Sun

In this work, we propose a hierarchical reinforcement learning (HRL) structure which is capable of performing autonomous vehicle planning tasks in simulated environments with multiple sub-goals. In this hierarchical structure, the network…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-11-12 Zhiqian Qiao , Zachariah Tyree , Priyantha Mudalige , Jeff Schneider , John M. Dolan