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We study the constrained linear quadratic regulator with unknown dynamics, addressing the tension between safety and exploration in data-driven control techniques. We present a framework which allows for system identification through…

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Constructing confidence intervals that are simultaneously valid across a class of estimates is central to tasks such as multiple mean estimation, generalization guarantees, and adaptive experimental design. We frame this as an ``error…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-05 Sanath Kumar Krishnamurthy , Anna Lyubarskaja , Emma Brunskill , Susan Athey

We investigate the problem of practical output regulation, i.e., to design a controller that brings the system output in the vicinity of a desired target value while keeping the other variables bounded. We consider uncertain systems that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-19 Mohammad Saeed Sarafraz , Anton V. Proskurnikov , Mohammad Saleh Tavazoei , Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani

Data-driven algorithm design automates hyperparameter tuning, but its statistical foundations remain limited because model performance can depend on hyperparameters in implicit and highly non-smooth ways. Existing guarantees focus on the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-05-13 Tung Quoc Le , Anh Tuan Nguyen , Viet Anh Nguyen

Synthetically generated data can improve privacy, fairness, and data accessibility; however, it can be challenging in specialized scenarios such as survival analysis. One key challenge in this setting is censoring, i.e., the timing of an…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-08-07 Mohd Ashhad , Ricardo Henao

Control synthesis under constraints is at the forefront of research on autonomous systems, in part due to its broad application from low-level control to high-level planning, where computing control inputs is typically cast as a constrained…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-23 Panagiotis Rousseas , Haejoon Lee , Dimos V. Dimarogonas , Dimitra Panagou

We address the problem of indoor layout synthesis, which is a topic of continuing research interest in computer graphics. The newest works made significant progress using data-driven generative methods; however, these approaches rely on…

Graphics · Computer Science 2022-10-25 Kurt Leimer , Paul Guerrero , Tomer Weiss , Przemyslaw Musialski

This paper addresses the synthesis of safety-critical controllers using estimate feedback. We propose an observer-controller interconnection to ensure that the nonlinear system remains safe despite bounded disturbances on the system…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-29 Devansh R. Agrawal , Dimitra Panagou

Control Barrier Functions (CBFs) offer a framework for ensuring set invariance and designing constrained control laws. However, crafting a valid CBF relies on system-specific assumptions and the availability of an accurate system model,…

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The integrity and precision of nuclear data are crucial for a broad spectrum of applications, from national security and nuclear reactor design to medical diagnostics, where the associated uncertainties can significantly impact outcomes. A…

We propose novel controller synthesis techniques for probabilistic systems modelled using stochastic two-player games: one player acts as a controller, the second represents its environment, and probability is used to capture uncertainty…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2017-01-11 Klaus Drager , Vojtech Forejt , Marta Kwiatkowska , David Parker , Mateusz Ujma

For various typical cases and situations where the formulation results in an optimal control problem, the Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) approach and its variants continue to be highly attractive. In certain scenarios, it can happen that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-14 Jun Ma , Zilong Cheng , Xiaocong Li , Wenxin Wang , Masayoshi Tomizuka , Tong Heng Lee

The great success of machine learning with massive amounts of data comes at a price of huge computation costs and storage for training and tuning. Recent studies on dataset condensation attempt to reduce the dependence on such massive data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-03 Jang-Hyun Kim , Jinuk Kim , Seong Joon Oh , Sangdoo Yun , Hwanjun Song , Joonhyun Jeong , Jung-Woo Ha , Hyun Oh Song

Partial observability and controllability are two well-known issues in test-case synthesis for interactive systems. We address the problem of partial control in the synthesis of test cases from timed-automata specifications. Building on the…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-04 Léo Henry , Thierry Jéron , Nicolas Markey

Despite significant advances in deep models for music generation, the use of these techniques remains restricted to expert users. Before being democratized among musicians, generative models must first provide expressive control over the…

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In this paper we propose an end-to-end algorithm for indirect data-driven control for bilinear systems with stability guarantees. We consider the case where the collected i.i.d. data is affected by probabilistic noise with possibly…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-23 Nicolas Chatzikiriakos , Robin Strässer , Frank Allgöwer , Andrea Iannelli

Data-driven and adaptive control approaches face the problem of introducing sudden distributional shifts beyond the distribution of data encountered during learning. Therefore, they are prone to invalidating the very assumptions used in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-25 Mohammad Ramadan , Evan Toler , Mihai Anitescu

Synthesizing high-quality mathematical reasoning data without human priors remains a significant challenge. Current approaches typically rely on seed data mutation or simple prompt engineering, often suffering from mode collapse and limited…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Zixiong Yu , Jun Rao , Guhan Chen , Songtao Tian , Bohan Li , Jiansheng Wei , Min Zhang , Xiaojun Meng

The design and structure of generalized predictive control (GPC) are not simple and intuitive. The performance analysis does not deeply analyze how the controller parameters affect the system characteristics and the relationship between the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-07 Feilong Zhang

This paper studies formal synthesis of controllers for continuous-space systems with unknown dynamics to satisfy requirements expressed as linear temporal logic formulas. Formal abstraction-based synthesis schemes rely on a precise…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-17 Milad Kazemi , Rupak Majumdar , Mahmoud Salamati , Sadegh Soudjani , Ben Wooding