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We address the application of stochastic optimization methods for the simultaneous control of parameter-dependent systems. In particular, we focus on the classical Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD) approach of Robbins and Monro, and on the…
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This study presents the extension of the data-driven optimal prediction approach to the dynamical system with control. The optimal prediction is used to analyze dynamical systems in which the states consist of resolved and unresolved…
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Line-search methods are commonly used to solve optimization problems. The simplest line search method is steepest descent where one always moves in the direction of the negative gradient. Newton's method on the other hand is a second-order…
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