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CDC
2010
IEEE
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Optimal cross-layer wireless control policies using TD learning
We present an on-line crosslayer control technique to characterize and approximate optimal policies for wireless networks. Our approach combines network utility maximization and ad...
Sean P. Meyn, Wei Chen, Daniel O'Neill
CDC
2010
IEEE
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PD+ attitude control of rigid bodies with improved performance
Abstract-- We address the problem of state feedback attitude control of a rigid body in quaternion coordinate space through a modified PD+ tracking controller. The control law ensu...
Rune Schlanbusch, Antonio Loría, Raymond Kr...
CDC
2010
IEEE
12 years 11 months ago
Market-based control mechanisms for electric power demand response
We propose a settlement mechanism for optimally scheduling real time electricity consumption which is suitable for an automated demand response control system. Our proposed settlem...
Anthony Papavasiliou, Haitham Hindi, Daniel Greene
CDC
2010
IEEE
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Robust dynamical network reconstruction
Ye Yuan, Guy-Bart Stan, Sean Warnick, Jorge M. Gon...
CDC
2010
IEEE
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Retrospective cost adaptive control for nonminimum-phase discrete-time systems, part 2: The adaptive controller and stability an
This paper is the second part of a pair of papers, which together present a direct adaptive controller for discretetime systems that are possibly nonminimum phase.
Jesse B. Hoagg, Dennis S. Bernstein
CDC
2010
IEEE
146views Control Systems» more  CDC 2010»
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Adaptive autonomous soaring of multiple UAVs using Simultaneous Perturbation Stochastic Approximation
Abstract-- This paper presents a new algorithm for maximizing the flight duration of a single UAV (Uninhabited Air Vehicle) and UAVs group using the thermal model developed by Alle...
Cathrine Antal, Oleg Granichin, Sergey Levi
CDC
2010
IEEE
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Communication, convergence, and stochastic stability in self-assembly
Existing work on programmable self assembly has focused on deterministic performance guarantees--stability of desirable states. In particular, for any acyclic target graph a binary...
Michael J. Fox, Jeff S. Shamma
CDC
2010
IEEE
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A lower bound for controlled Lagrangian particle tracking error
Abstract-- Autonomous underwater vehicles are flexible mobile platforms for ocean sampling and surveillance missions. However, navigation of these vehicles in unstructured, highly ...
Klementyna Szwaykowska, Fumin Zhang
CDC
2010
IEEE
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Convergence of discrete-time approximations of constrained linear-quadratic optimal control problems
Abstract-- Continuous-time linear constrained optimal control problems are in practice often solved using discretization techniques, e.g. in model predictive control (MPC). This re...
Lanshan Han, M. Kanat Camlibel, Jong-Shi Pang, W. ...
CDC
2010
IEEE
138views Control Systems» more  CDC 2010»
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Sensor-based robot deployment algorithms
Abstract-- In robot deployment problems, the fundamental issue is to optimize a steady state performance measure that depends on the spatial configuration of a group of robots. For...
Jerome Le Ny, George J. Pappas