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We consider the problem of controlling an unknown linear dynamical system under a stochastic convex cost and full feedback of both the state and cost function. We present a computationally efficient algorithm that attains an optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-23 Asaf Cassel , Alon Cohen , Tomer Koren

We introduce and study the infinite dimensional linear programming problem which along with its dual allows one to characterize the optimal value of the deterministic long-run average optimal control problem in the general case when the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-08 Vivek S. Borkar , Vladimir Gaitsgory

We consider the problem of designing a feedback controller for a multivariable linear time-invariant system which regulates an arbitrary system output to the solution of an equality-constrained convex optimization problem despite unknown…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-12 Liam S. P. Lawrence , John W. Simpson-Porco , Enrique Mallada

Conditions are established under which the optimal control of processes having both absolutely continuous and singular (with respect to time) controls are equivalent to linear programs over a space of measures on the state and control…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-07-31 Thomas G. Kurtz , Richard H. Stockbridge

This paper studies a class of continuous-time scalar-state stochastic Linear-Quadratic (LQ) optimal control problem with the linear control constraints. Applying the state separation theorem induced from its special structure, we develop…

Portfolio Management · Quantitative Finance 2018-06-12 Weiping Wu , Jianjun Gao , Junguo Lu , Xun Li

This paper studies the problem of controlling linear dynamical systems subject to point-wise-in-time constraints. We present an algorithm similar to online gradient descent, that can handle time-varying and a priori unknown convex cost…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-03 Marko Nonhoff , Matthias A. Müller

This paper presents a novel factor graph-based approach to solve the discrete-time finite-horizon Linear Quadratic Regulator problem subject to auxiliary linear equality constraints within and across time steps. We represent such optimal…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-10-27 Shuo Yang , Gerry Chen , Yetong Zhang , Howie Choset , Frank Dellaert

Necessary optimality conditions and numerical methods for solving an optimal control problem for a linear continuous-time dynanical system with controlled coefficients and quadratic goal functional are discussed.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-04-20 Olga V. Baturina , Alexander V. Bulatov , Vadim F. Krotov

This paper investigates the control of flow networks, where the control objective is to regulate the measured output (e.g storage levels) towards a desired value. We present a distributed controller that dynamically adjusts the inputs and…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-08-03 Sebastian Trip , Tjardo Scholten , Claudio De Persis

Recent work [Ran22] formulated a class of optimal control problems involving positive linear systems, linear stage costs, and elementwise constraints on control. It was shown that the problem admits linear optimal cost and the associated…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-27 Yuchao Li , Anders Rantzer

We present a novel particle filtering framework for continuous-time dynamical systems with continuous-time measurements. Our approach is based on the duality between estimation and optimal control, which allows reformulating the estimation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-08 Qinsheng Zhang , Amirhossein Taghvaei , Yongxin Chen

This letter explores intelligent scheduling of sensor-to-controller communication in networked control systems, particularly when data transmission incurs a cost. While the optimal controller in a standard linear quadratic Gaussian (LQG)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-02 Zahra Hashemi , Dipankar Maity

We introduce a spatial economic growth model where space is described as a network of interconnected geographic locations and we study a corresponding finite-dimensional optimal control problem on a graph with state constraints. Economic…

The minimum-time control problem consists in finding a control policy that will drive a given dynamic system from a given initial state to a given target state (or a set of states) as quickly as possible. This is a well-known challenging…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Laurent Bako , Dulin Chen , Stéphane Lecoeuche

System performance for networks composed of interconnected subsystems can be increased if the traditionally separated subsystems are jointly optimized. Recently, parallel and distributed optimization methods have emerged as a powerful tool…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-02-14 Ion Necoara , Valentin Nedelcu , Ioan Dumitrache

This paper is concerned with the distributed linear quadratic optimal control problem. In particular, we consider a suboptimal version of the distributed optimal control problem for undirected multi-agent networks. Given a multi-agent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-08 Junjie Jiao , Harry L. Trentelman , M. Kanat Camlibel

A self-learning approach for optimal feedback gains for finite-horizon nonlinear continuous time control systems is proposed and analysed. It relies on parameter dependent approximations to the optimal value function obtained from a family…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-28 Karl Kunisch , Daniel Walter

The paper studies a class of quadratic optimal control problems for partially observable linear dynamical systems. In contrast to the full information case, the control is required to be adapted to the filtration generated by the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-01 Jingrui Sun , Jie Xiong

Many important complex networks, including critical infrastructure and emerging industrial automation systems, are becoming increasingly intricate webs of interacting feedback control loops. A fundamental concern is to quantify the control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-07-17 Tyler Summers , Justin Ruths

In this paper, we provide optimal solutions to two different (but related) input/output design problems involving large-scale linear dynamical systems, where the cost associated to each directly actuated/measured state variable can take…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-02-02 Sergio Pequito , A. Pedro Aguiar , Soummya Kar