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A method is presented for parallelizing the computation of solutions to discrete-time, linear-quadratic, finite-horizon optimal control problems, which we will refer to as LQR problems. This class of problem arises frequently in robotic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-18 Forrest Laine , Claire Tomlin

We propose a new parallel-in-time algorithm for solving optimal control problems constrained by discretized partial differential equations. Our approach, which is based on a deeper understanding of ParaExp, considers an overlapping…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-09-06 Felix Kwok , Djahou N Tognon

This paper introduces a novel Model Predictive Control (MPC) implementation for legged robot locomotion that leverages GPU parallelization. Our approach enables both temporal and state-space parallelization by incorporating a parallel…

The number of cores on graphical computing units (GPUs) is reaching thousands nowadays, whereas the clock speed of processors stagnates. Unfortunately, constraint programming solvers do not take advantage yet of GPU parallelism. One reason…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Pierre Talbot , Frédéric Pinel , Pascal Bouvry

We study exact sparse linear regression with an $\ell_0-\ell_2$ penalty and develop a branch-and-bound (BnB) algorithm explicitly designed for GPU execution. Starting from a perspective reformulation, we derive an interval relaxation that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-05 Xiang Meng , Ryan Lucas , Rahul Mazumder

The use of Model Predictive Control in industry is steadily increasing as more complicated problems can be addressed. Due to that online optimization is usually performed, the main bottleneck with Model Predictive Control is the relatively…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-01-31 Isak Nielsen , Daniel Axehill

In this paper, we present a method that enables to solve in parallel the Euler-Lagrange system associated with the optimal control of a parabolic equation. Our approach is based on an iterative update of a sequence of intermediate targets…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-10-19 Yvon Maday , Julien Salomon , Kamel Riahi

Ensuring constraint satisfaction is a key requirement for safety-critical systems, which include most robotic platforms. For example, constraints can be used for modeling joint position/velocity/torque limits and collision avoidance.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-04 Elias Fontanari , Gianni Lunardi , Matteo Saveriano , Andrea Del Prete

Sequential models, such as Recurrent Neural Networks and Neural Ordinary Differential Equations, have long suffered from slow training due to their inherent sequential nature. For many years this bottleneck has persisted, as many thought…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Yi Heng Lim , Qi Zhu , Joshua Selfridge , Muhammad Firmansyah Kasim

This paper presents a GPU-accelerated implementation of the SPOCK algorithm, a proximal method designed for solving scenario-based risk-averse optimal control problems. The proposed implementation leverages the massive parallelization of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Ruairi Moran , Pantelis Sopasakis

In this note, we consider infinite horizon optimal control problems with deterministic systems. Since exact solutions to these problems are often intractable, we propose a parallel model predictive control (MPC) method that provides an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-29 Yuchao Li , Aren Karapetyan , Niklas Schmid , John Lygeros , Karl H. Johansson , Jonas Mårtensson

We present a fully Julia-based, GPU-accelerated workflow for solving large-scale sparse nonlinear optimal control problems. Continuous-time dynamics are modeled and then discretized via direct transcription with \texttt{OptimalControl.jl}…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Alexis Montoison , Jean-Baptiste Caillau

A faster implementation of the Quadratic Programming (QP) solver used in the Model Predictive Control scheme for Iter Plasma current and shape control was developed for Xilinx Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) platforms using a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-06-19 Samo Gerkšič , Boštjan Pregelj , Matija Perne

In this paper, we present a method that enables solving in parallel the Euler-Lagrange system associated with the optimal control of a parabolic equation. Our approach is based on an iterative update of a sequence of intermediate targets…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-03-13 Yvon Maday , Mohamed-Kamel Riahi , Julien Salomon

We introduce a parallel algorithm to construct a preconditioner for solving a large, sparse linear system where the coefficient matrix is a Laplacian matrix (a.k.a., graph Laplacian). Such a linear system arises from applications such as…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-30 Tianyu Liang , Chao Chen , Yotam Yaniv , Hengrui Luo , David Tench , Xiaoye S. Li , Aydin Buluc , James Demmel

In this paper, we develop a new parallel auxiliary grid algebraic multigrid (AMG) method to leverage the power of graphic processing units (GPUs). In the construction of the hierarchical coarse grid, we use a simple and fixed coarsening…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2012-12-07 Lu Wang , Xiaozhe Hu , Jonathan Cohen , Jinchao Xu

We present the design and optimization of a linear solver on General Purpose GPUs for the efficient and high-throughput evaluation of the marginalized graph kernel between pairs of labeled graphs. The solver implements a preconditioned…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-05-20 Yu-Hang Tang , Oguz Selvitopi , Doru Popovici , Aydın Buluç

In this paper, we investigate GPU based parallel triangular solvers systematically. The parallel triangular solvers are fundamental to incomplete LU factorization family preconditioners and algebraic multigrid solvers. We develop a new…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2016-06-03 Zhangxin Chen , Hui Liu , Bo Yang

In this article, we present a parallel discretization and solution method for parabolic problems with a higher number of space dimensions. It consists of a parallel-in-time approach using the multigrid reduction-in-time algorithm MGRIT with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-01 Michael Griebel , Marc Alexander Schweitzer , Lukas Troska

In view of the existing limitations of sequential computing, parallelization has emerged as an alternative in order to improve the speedup of numerical simulations. In the framework of evolutionary problems, space-time parallel methods…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-13 Andrés Arrarás , Francisco J. Gaspar , Iñigo Jimenez-Ciga , Laura Portero