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In this paper, we investigate the mean-square stabilization for discrete-time stochastic systems that endure both multiple input delays and multiplicative control-dependent noises. For such multi-delay stochastic systems, we for the first…
An optimal control problem is studied for a linear mean-field stochastic differential equation with a quadratic cost functional. The coefficients and the weighting matrices in the cost functional are all assumed to be deterministic.…
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We present structure preserving integrators for solving linear quadratic optimal control problems. This problem requires the numerical integration of matrix Riccati differential equations whose exact solution is a symmetric positive…
We consider high-order splitting schemes for large-scale differential Riccati equations. Such equations arise in many different areas and are especially important within the field of optimal control. In the large-scale case, it is critical…
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A general backward stochastic linear-quadratic optimal control problem is studied, in which both the state equation and the cost functional contain the nonhomogeneous terms. The main feature of the problem is that the weighting matrices in…
This paper investigates the performance of Newton's method, iterative Linear Quadratic Regulator (iLQR), and Differential Dynamic Programming (DDP) in solving discrete-time optimal control problems. We offer a unified perspective on these…
In this paper we present a convergence rate analysis of inexact variants of several randomized iterative methods. Among the methods studied are: stochastic gradient descent, stochastic Newton, stochastic proximal point and stochastic…
Many HPC applications that solve differential equations rely on the Runge-Kutta family of methods for time integration. Among these methods, the fourth-order accurate RK4 scheme is especially popular. This time integration scheme requires…
We present an algorithm based on numerical techniques that have become standard for solving nonlinear integral equations: Newton's method, homotopy continuation, the multilevel method and random projection to solve the inversion problem…
This paper proposes an effective low-rank alternating direction doubling algorithm (R-ADDA) for computing numerical low-rank solutions to large-scale sparse continuous-time algebraic Riccati matrix equations. The method is based on the…
In this paper, we reveal the intrinsic Toeplitz structure in the unique stabilizing solution for nonsymmetric algebraic Riccati equations by employing a shift-involved fixed-point iteration, and propose an RADI-type method for computing…
The purpose of this paper is to close the remaining gaps in the understanding of the role that the constrained generalized continuous algebraic Riccati equation plays in singular linear-quadratic (LQ) optimal control. Indeed, in spite of…
The Riccati differential equation is examined in light of its connection to second order linear time varying systems. In that light it becomes the clear generalization for the characteristic equation of linear time invariant systems, and is…
Numerical methods based on interval arithmetic are efficient means to reliably solve nonlinear systems of equations. Algorithm bc3revise is an interval method that tightens variables' domains by enforcing a property called box consistency.…
A three-point iterative method for solving scalar non-linear equations was selected and then adapted to solve systems of non-linear equations. Subsequently, by applying Taylor's theorem to functions of $\R^{n}$ in $\R^{n}$, it is shown that…
We propose a simple and original approach for solving linear-quadratic mean-field stochastic control problems. We study both finite-horizon and infinite-horizon pro\-blems, and allow notably some coefficients to be stochastic. Extension to…
Different from most of the previous works, this paper provides a thorough solution to the fundamental problems of linear-quadratic (LQ) control and stabilization for discrete-time mean-field systems under basic assumptions. Firstly, the…