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Inverse Optimal Control (IOC) aims to infer the underlying cost functional of an agent from observations of its expert behavior. This paper focuses on the IOC problem within the continuous-time linear quadratic regulator framework,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-29 Meiling Yu , Lechen Feng , Lei Jiang , Yuan-Hua Ni

Cost functions have the potential to provide compact and understandable generalizations of motion. The goal of Inverse Optimal Control (IOC) is to analyze an observed behavior which is assumed to be optimal with respect to an unknown cost…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-27 John R. Rebula , Stefan Schaal , James Finley , Ludovic Righetti

Inverse optimal control (IOC) is about estimating an unknown objective of interest given its optimal control sequence. However, truly optimal demonstrations are often difficult to obtain, e.g., due to human errors or inaccurate…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-07 Rahel Rickenbach , Anna Scampicchio , Melanie N. Zeilinger

Inverse optimal control (IOC) is a promising paradigm for learning and mimicking optimal control strategies from capable demonstrators, or gaining a deeper understanding of their intentions, by estimating an unknown objective function from…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-28 Rahel Rickenbach , Amon Lahr , Melanie N. Zeilinger

In this paper, the problem of finite horizon inverse optimal control (IOC) is investigated, where the quadratic cost function of a dynamic process is required to be recovered based on the observation of optimal control sequences. We propose…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-11-02 Yibei Li , Yu Yao , Xiaoming Hu

The Inverse Optimal Control (IOC) problem is a structured system identification problem that aims to identify the underlying objective function based on observed optimal trajectories. This provides a data-driven way to model experts'…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-28 Han Zhang , Axel Ringh

Inverse optimal control (IOC) allows the retrieval of optimal cost function weights, or behavioral parameters, from human motion. The literature on IOC uses methods that are either based on a slow bilevel process or a fast but…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Filip Bečanović , Kosta Jovanović , Vincent Bonnet

Inverse Optimal Control (IOC) is a powerful framework for learning a behaviour from observations of experts. The framework aims to identify the underlying cost function that the observed optimal trajectories (the experts' behaviour) are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-25 Han Zhang , Axel Ringh

Reinforcement learning can acquire complex behaviors from high-level specifications. However, defining a cost function that can be optimized effectively and encodes the correct task is challenging in practice. We explore how inverse optimal…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-05-30 Chelsea Finn , Sergey Levine , Pieter Abbeel

The goal of Inverse Optimal Control (IOC) is to identify the underlying objective function based on observed optimal trajectories. It provides a powerful framework to model expert's behavior, and a data-driven way to design an objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-28 Han Zhang , Axel Ringh , Weihan Jiang , Shaoyuan Li , Xiaoming Hu

Achieving optimality in controlling physical systems is a profound challenge across diverse scientific and engineering fields, spanning neuromechanics, biochemistry, autonomous systems, economics, and beyond. Traditional solutions, relying…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-14 Tingli Hu , Sami Haddadin

Inverse Optimal Control (IOC) seeks to recover an unknown cost from expert demonstrations, and it provides a systematic way of modeling experts' decision mechanisms while considering the prior information of the cost functions.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Ziliang Wang , Han Zhang , Axel Ringh

This paper proposes a new indirect solution method for solving state-constrained optimal control problems by revisiting the well-established optimal control theory and addressing the long-standing issue of discontinuous control and costate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-08 Kenshiro Oguri

This paper addresses the inverse optimal control problem of finding the state weighting function that leads to a quadratic value function when the cost on the input is fixed to be quadratic. The paper focuses on a class of infinite horizon…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-21 Luis Rodrigues

This article develops a methodology that enables learning an objective function of an optimal control system from incomplete trajectory observations. The objective function is assumed to be a weighted sum of features (or basis functions)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-05-07 Wanxin Jin , Dana Kulić , Shaoshuai Mou , Sandra Hirche

For an optimal control problem of an It\^o's type stochastic differential equation, the control process could be taken as open-loop or closed-loop forms. In the standard literature, provided appropriate regularity, the value functions under…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-09 Jiongmin Yong , Jianfeng Zhang

This study introduces an approach to obtain a neighboring extremal optimal control (NEOC) solution for a closed-loop optimal control problem, applicable to a wide array of nonlinear systems and not necessarily quadratic performance indices.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-11 Ayush Rai , Shaoshuai Mou , Brian D. O. Anderson

In this paper, the open-loop, closed-loop, and weak closed-loop solvability for discrete-time linear-quadratic (LQ) control problem is considered due to the fact that it is always open-loop optimal solvable if the LQ control problem is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-18 Yue Sun , Xianping Wu , Xun Li

Optimal Control (OC) is the process of determining control and state trajectories for a dynamic system, over a period of time, in order to optimize a given performance index. With the increasing of variables and complexity, OC problems can…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-09-02 Helena Sofia Rodrigues , M. Teresa T. Monteiro , Delfim F. M. Torres

Optimal control (OC) using inverse dynamics provides numerical benefits such as coarse optimization, cheaper computation of derivatives, and a high convergence rate. However, to take advantage of these benefits in model predictive control…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-24 Carlos Mastalli , Saroj Prasad Chhatoi , Thomas Corbères , Steve Tonneau , Sethu Vijayakumar
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