SCL
2008
14 years 2 months ago
2008
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...
MCS
2008
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
2008
Springer
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...
IJRR
2008
14 years 2 months ago
2008
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...
AUTOMATICA
2006
14 years 2 months ago
2006
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...
AMC
2006
14 years 2 months ago
2006
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...
AUTOMATICA
2008
14 years 2 months ago
2008
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...
AUTOMATICA
2008
14 years 2 months ago
2008
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...
AUTOMATICA
2008
14 years 2 months ago
2008
: 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...
CDC
2009
IEEE
14 years 7 months ago
2009
IEEE
— 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...
HYBRID
2004
Springer
14 years 7 months ago
2004
Springer
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...