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Alternating-Current Optimal Power Flow (AC-OPF) is an optimization problem critical for planning and operating the power grid. The problem is traditionally formulated using only continuous variables. Typically, control devices with…
A homotopy method for multi-objective optimization that produces uniformly sampled Pareto fronts by construction is presented. While the algorithm is general, of particular interest is application to simulation-based engineering…
In this work we consider the problem of semi-active damping optimization of mechanical systems with fixed damper positions. Our goal is to compute a damping that is locally optimal with respect to the $\mathcal{H}_\infty$-norm of the…
In this work, the problem of optimizing damper positions in vibrational systems is investigated. The objective is to determine the positions of external dampers in such a way that the influence of the input on the output is minimized. The…
This paper proposes an algorithmic technique for a class of optimal control problems where it is easy to compute a pointwise minimizer of the Hamiltonian associated with every applied control. The algorithm operates in the space of relaxed…
Increased penetration of inverter-connected renewable energy sources (RES) in the power system has resulted in a decrease in available rotational inertia which serves as an immediate response to frequency deviation due to disturbances. The…
In this extended abstract, we report on ongoing work towards an approximate multimodal optimization algorithm with asymptotic guarantees. Multimodal optimization is the problem of finding all local optimal solutions (modes) to a path…
The ability to characterise a Hamiltonian with high precision is crucial for the implementation of quantum technologies. In addition to the well-developed approaches utilising optimal probe states and optimal measurements, the method of…
This paper proposes a computational framework for the design optimization of stable structures under large deformations by incorporating nonlinear buckling constraints. A novel strategy for suppressing spurious buckling modes related to…
Multi-objective optimisation of damper placement in dynamically symmetric adjacent buildings is considered with identical viscoelastic dampers used for vibration control. First, exhaustive search is used to describe the solution space in…
In haptics, guaranteeing stability is essential to ensure safe interaction with remote or virtual environments. One of the most relevant methods at the state-of-the-art is the Time Domain Passivity Approach (TDPA). However, its high…
Precision motion systems are at the core of various manufacturing equipment. The rapidly increasing demand for higher productivity necessitates higher control bandwidth in the motion systems to effectively reject disturbances while…
Many information systems employ lossy compression as a crucial intermediate stage among other processing components. While the important distortion is defined by the system's input and output signals, the compression usually ignores the…
This paper presents a new and straightforward procedure for solving bilinear quadratic optimal control problem. In this method, first the original optimal control problem is transformed into a nonlinear twopoint boundary value problem…
In this work we propose a method to perform optimization on manifolds. We assume to have an objective function $f$ defined on a manifold and think of it as the potential energy of a mechanical system. By adding a momentum-dependent kinetic…
This paper examines a CoMP system where multiple base-stations (BS) employ coordinated beamforming to serve multiple mobile-stations (MS). Under the dynamic point selection mode, each MS can be assigned to only one BS at any time. This work…
In this paper, we present a novel yet simple homotopy proximal mapping algorithm for compressive sensing. The algorithm adopts a simple proximal mapping of the $\ell_1$ norm at each iteration and gradually reduces the regularization…
Compliant mechanisms actuated by pneumatic loads are receiving increasing attention due to their direct applicability as soft robots that perform tasks using their flexible bodies. Using multiple materials to build them can further improve…
This paper proposes an accelerated proximal point method for maximally monotone operators. The proof is computer-assisted via the performance estimation problem approach. The proximal point method includes various well-known convex…
We consider frequency-weighted damping optimization for vibrating systems described by a second-order differential equation. The goal is to determine viscosity values such that eigenvalues are kept away from certain undesirable areas on the…