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Driven by increased complexity of dynamical systems, the solution of system of differential equations through numerical simulation in optimization problems has become computationally expensive. This paper provides a smart data driven…

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Hyperparameter optimization is the process of identifying the appropriate hyperparameter configuration of a given machine learning model with regard to a given learning task. For smaller data sets, an exhaustive search is possible; However,…

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In computer-aided engineering design, the goal of a designer is to find an optimal design on a given requirement using the numerical simulator in loop with an optimization method. In this design optimization process, a good design…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-01 Harsh Vardhan , Peter Volgyesi , Janos Sztipanovits

We present a hierarchical framework to solve robot planning as an input control problem. At the lowest level are temporary closed control loops, ("tasks"), each representing a behaviour, contingent on a specific sensory input and therefore…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-19 Giulia Lafratta , Bernd Porr , Christopher Chandler , Alice Miller

The term `surrogate modeling' in computational science and engineering refers to the development of computationally efficient approximations for expensive simulations, such as those arising from numerical solution of partial differential…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-12 Maarten V. de Hoop , Daniel Zhengyu Huang , Elizabeth Qian , Andrew M. Stuart

Surrogate model-based optimization has been increasingly used in the field of engineering design. It involves creating a surrogate model with objective functions or constraints based on the data obtained from simulations or real-world…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-28 Minyoung Jwa , Jihoon Kim , Seungyeon Shin , Ah-hyeon Jin , Dongju Shin , Namwoo Kang

Actuator location and design are important choices in controller design for distributed parameter systems. Semi-linear partial differential equations model a wide spectrum of physical systems with distributed parameters. It is shown that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-23 M. Sajjad Edalatzadeh , Kirsten A. Morris

A surrogate-based topology optimisation algorithm for linear elastic structures under parametric loads and boundary conditions is proposed. Instead of learning the parametric solution of the state (and adjoint) problems or the optimisation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Matteo Giacomini , Antonio Huerta

The modeling and control of complex physical systems are essential in real-world problems. We propose a novel framework that is generally applicable to solving PDE-constrained optimal control problems by introducing surrogate models for PDE…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-27 Rakhoon Hwang , Jae Yong Lee , Jin Young Shin , Hyung Ju Hwang

Neural operator methods have emerged as powerful tools for learning mappings between infinite-dimensional function spaces, yet their potential in optimal control remains largely unexplored. We focus on multi-task control problems, whose…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-07 David Sewell , Xingjian Li , Stepan Tretiakov , Krishna Kumar , David Fridovich-Keil

Distributed optimization algorithms are used in a wide variety of problems involving complex network systems where the goal is for a set of agents in the network to solve a network-wide optimization problem via distributed update rules. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-23 Liam Hallinan , Ioannis Lestas

Solving complex problems requires continuous effort in developing theory and practice to cope with larger, more difficult scenarios. Working with surrogates is normal for creating a proxy that realistically models the problem into the…

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Carefully designed activation functions can improve the performance of neural networks in many machine learning tasks. However, it is difficult for humans to construct optimal activation functions, and current activation function search…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-10 Garrett Bingham , Risto Miikkulainen

In constraint learning, we use a neural network as a surrogate for part of the constraints or of the objective function of an optimization model. However, the tractability of the resulting model is heavily influenced by the size of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Hung Pham , Aiden Ren , Ibrahim Tahir , Jiatai Tong , Thiago Serra

The selection of optimal design for power electronic converter parameters involves balancing efficiency and thermal constraints to ensure high performance without compromising safety. This paper introduces a probabilistic-learning-based…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-30 Akash Mahajan , Shivam Chaturvedi , Srijita Das , Wencong Su , Van-Hai Bui

The growing penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs), electric vehicles (EVs), and heat pumps (HPs) in distribution networks underscores the need for secure, computationally efficient optimal power flow (OPF) solutions.…

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Model Predictive Control (MPC) is a common tool for the control of nonlinear, real-world systems, such as legged robots. However, solving MPC quickly enough to enable its use in real-time is often challenging. One common solution is given…

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The vision of personalized medicine is to identify interventions that maintain or restore a person's health based on their individual biology. Medical digital twins, computational models that integrate a wide range of health-related data…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2025-10-21 Luis L. Fonseca , Lucas Böttcher , Borna Mehrad , Reinhard C. Laubenbacher

Model Predictive Control (MPC) is an optimal control algorithm with strong stability and robustness guarantees. Despite its popularity in robotics and industrial applications, the main challenge in deploying MPC is its high computation…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-31 Camilo Gonzalez , Houshyar Asadi , Lars Kooijman , Chee Peng Lim

This paper explores the relationship between numerical integrators and optimal control algorithms. Specifically, the performance of the differential dynamical programming (DDP) algorithm is examined when a variational integrator and a newly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-13 Gerardo De La Torre , Todd Murphey