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In this paper, a novel online, output-feedback, critic-only, model-based reinforcement learning framework is developed for safety-critical control systems operating in complex environments. The developed framework ensures system stability…

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Controlling nonlinear dynamical systems remains a central challenge in a wide range of applications, particularly when accurate first-principle models are unavailable. Data-driven approaches offer a promising alternative by designing…

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We consider the problem of adaptive stabilization for discrete-time, multi-dimensional linear systems with bounded control input constraints and unbounded stochastic disturbances, where the parameters of the true system are unknown. To…

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In data-driven control, a central question is how to handle noisy data. In this work, we consider the problem of designing a stabilizing controller for an unknown linear system using only a finite set of noisy data collected from the…

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Nonlinear dynamical behaviours in engineering applications can be approximated by linear-parameter varying (LPV) representations, but obtaining precise model knowledge to develop a control algorithm is difficult in practice. In this paper,…

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Safety in dynamic systems with prevalent uncertainties is crucial. Current robust safe controllers, designed primarily for uni-modal uncertainties, may be either overly conservative or unsafe when handling multi-modal uncertainties. To…

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The fundamental lemma from behavioral systems theory yields a data-driven non-parametric system representation that has shown great potential for the data-efficient control of unknown linear and weakly nonlinear systems, even in the…

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The increasing ease of obtaining and processing data together with the growth in system complexity has sparked the interest in moving from conventional model-based control design towards data-driven concepts. Since in many engineering…

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We propose a robust data-driven output feedback control algorithm that explicitly incorporates inherent finite-sample model estimate uncertainties into the control design. The algorithm has three components: (1) a subspace identification…

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This paper investigates the problem of data-driven stabilization for linear discrete-time switched systems with unknown switching dynamics. In the absence of noise, a data-based state feedback stabilizing controller can be obtained by…

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We provide theoretical guarantees for recursive feasibility and practical exponential stability of the closed-loop system of a feedback linearizable nonlinear system when controlled by a robust data-driven nonlinear predictive control…

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This paper considers the Linear Quadratic Regulator problem for linear systems with unknown dynamics, a central problem in data-driven control and reinforcement learning. We propose a method that uses data to directly return a controller…

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In this paper, a model reference adaptive control architecture is proposed for uncertain nonlinear systems to achieve prescribed performance guarantees. Specifically, a general nonlinear reference model system is considered that captures an…

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In an open-loop experiment, an input sequence is applied to an unknown linear time-invariant system (in continuous or discrete time) affected also by an unknown-but-bounded disturbance sequence (with an energy or instantaneous bound); the…

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We propose a novel approach to design a robust Model Predictive Controller (MPC) for constrained uncertain linear systems. The uncertain system is modeled as linear parameter varying with additive disturbance. Set bounds for the system…

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This paper proposes a robust control design method using reinforcement-learning for controlling partially-unknown dynamical systems under uncertain conditions. The method extends the optimal reinforcement-learning algorithm with a new…

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In this article, we present data-driven feedback linearization for nonlinear systems with periodic orbits in the zero-dynamics. This scenario is challenging for data-driven control design because the higher order terms of the internal…

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