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SCL
2008
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The Hybrid Maximum Principle is a consequence of Pontryagin Maximum Principle
We give a simple proof of the Maximum Principle for smooth hybrid control systems by reducing the hybrid problem to an optimal control problem of Pontryagin type and then by using...
A. V. Dmitruk, A. M. Kaganovich
MCS
2008
Springer
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Numerical optimal control of the wave equation: optimal boundary control of a string to rest in finite time
In many real-life applications of optimal control problems with constraints in form of partial differential equations (PDEs), hyperbolic equations are involved which typically desc...
Matthias Gerdts, Günter Greif, Hans Josef Pes...
IJRR
2008
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Learning to Control in Operational Space
One of the most general frameworks for phrasing control problems for complex, redundant robots is operational space control. However, while this framework is of essential importan...
Jan Peters, Stefan Schaal
AUTOMATICA
2006
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Optimization over state feedback policies for robust control with constraints
This paper is concerned with the optimal control of linear discrete-time systems, which are subject to unknown but bounded state disturbances and mixed constraints on the state an...
Paul J. Goulart, Eric C. Kerrigan, Jan M. Maciejow...
AMC
2006
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A multi-objective resource allocation problem in dynamic PERT networks
We develop a multi-objective model for the resource allocation problem in a dynamic PERT network, where the activity durations are exponentially distributed random variables and t...
Amir Azaron, Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam
AUTOMATICA
2008
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Multi-modal control using adaptive motion description languages
In this paper, we address the problem of adaptively enriching motion description languages for multi-modal control by systematically enlarging the set of available modes. This pro...
Tejas R. Mehta, Magnus Egerstedt
AUTOMATICA
2008
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Optimally switched linear systems
In this paper we address the problem of optimal switching for switched linear systems. The uniqueness of our approach lies in describing the switching action by multiple control i...
Tuhin Das, Ranjan Mukherjee
AUTOMATICA
2008
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On the infinite time solution to state-constrained stochastic optimal control problems
: For an infinite-horizon optimal control problem, the cost does not, in general, converge. The classical work-around to this problem is to introduce a discount or "forgetting...
Per Rutquist, Claes Breitholtz, Torsten Wik
CDC
2009
IEEE
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A simulation-based method for aggregating Markov chains
— This paper addresses model reduction for a Markov chain on a large state space. A simulation-based framework is introduced to perform state aggregation of the Markov chain base...
Kun Deng, Prashant G. Mehta, Sean P. Meyn
HYBRID
2004
Springer
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On the Optimal Control of Switch-Mode DC-DC Converters
This paper presents a new solution approach to the optimal control problem of fixed frequency switch-mode DC-DC converters using hybrid systems methodologies. In particular, the n...
Tobias Geyer, Georgios Papafotiou, Manfred Morari