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We introduce the concept of {\it mean-field optimal control} which is the rigorous limit process connecting finite dimensional optimal control problems with ODE constraints modeling multi-agent interactions to an infinite dimensional…

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We study the problem of reconstructing interaction kernels in systems of interacting agents from macroscopic measurements when posed as an optimization problem. The reconstruction procedure depends on the formulation of the forward model,…

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In this paper, we propose a model predictive control (MPC) that accomplishes interactive robotic tasks, in which multiple contacts may occur at unknown locations. To address such scenarios, we made an explicit contact feedback loop in the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-04 Seo Wook Han , Maged Iskandar , Jinoh Lee , Min Jun Kim

In this article, we propose a new unifying framework for the investigation of multi-agent control problems in the mean-field setting. Our approach is based on a new definition of differential inclusions for continuity equations formulated…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-15 Benoît Bonnet , Hélène Frankowska

In recent years, reinforcement learning and its multi-agent analogue have achieved great success in solving various complex control problems. However, multi-agent reinforcement learning remains challenging both in its theoretical analysis…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-10 Kai Cui , Mengguang Li , Christian Fabian , Heinz Koeppl

Classical Distributed Model Predictive Control (DiMPC) requires multiple iterations to achieve convergence, leading to high computational and communication burdens. This work focuses on the improvement of an iteration-free distributed MPC…

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A mean-field selective optimal control problem of multipopulation dynamics via transient leadership is considered. The agents in the system are described by their spatial position and their probability of belonging to a certain population.…

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In this paper, we study the social optimality for mean field linear quadratic control systems following the direct approach, where subsystems are coupled via individual dynamics and costs according to a network topology. A graph is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-30 Yong Liang , Bingchang Wang , Huanshui Zhang

A dual adaptive model predictive control (MPC) algorithm is presented for linear, time-invariant systems subject to bounded disturbances and parametric uncertainty in the state-space matrices. Online set-membership identification is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-23 Anilkumar Parsi , Andrea Iannelli , Roy S. Smith

In this paper, we study a large population game with heterogeneous dynamics and cost functions solving a consensus problem. Moreover, the agents have communication constraints which appear as: (1) an Additive-White Gaussian Noise (AWGN)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-26 Shubham Aggarwal , Muhammad Aneeq uz Zaman , Tamer Başar

Neural networks (NNs) have been shown to learn complex control laws successfully, often with performance advantages or decreased computational cost compared to alternative methods. Neural network controllers (NNCs) are, however, highly…

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We advance Machine Learning Control (MLC), a recently proposed model-free control framework which explores and exploits strongly nonlinear dynamics in an unsupervised manner. The assumed plant has multiple actuators and sensors and its…

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We study a multi-agent mean field type control problem in discrete time where the agents aim to find a socially optimal strategy and where the state and action spaces for the agents are assumed to be continuous. The agents are only weakly…

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Mean Field Control Games (MFCGs) provide a powerful theoretical framework for analyzing systems of infinitely many interacting agents, blending elements from Mean Field Games (MFGs) and Mean Field Control (MFC). However, solving the coupled…

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Mean field games (MFG) and mean field control problems (MFC) are frameworks to study Nash equilibria or social optima in games with a continuum of agents. These problems can be used to approximate competitive or cooperative games with a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-28 Andrea Angiuli , Jean-Pierre Fouque , Mathieu Lauriere

We propose and investigate a general class of discrete time and finite state space mean field game (MFG) problems with potential structure. Our model incorporates interactions through a congestion term and a price variable. It also allows…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-07 J. Frédéric Bonnans , Pierre Lavigne , Laurent Pfeiffer

We establish the convergence of the deep actor-critic reinforcement learning algorithm presented in [Angiuli et al., 2023a] in the setting of continuous state and action spaces with an infinite discrete-time horizon. This algorithm provides…

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Mean field equilibrium (MFE) has emerged as a computationally tractable solution concept for large dynamic games. However, computing MFE remains challenging due to nonlinearities and the absence of contraction properties, limiting its…

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