Deterministic optimization algorithms unequivocally partition a complex energy landscape in inherent structures (ISs) and their respective basins of attraction. But can these basins be defined solely through geometric...
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In this paper we propose a model predictive control scheme for discrete-time linear time-invariant systems based on inexact numerical optimization algorithms. We assume that the solution of the associated quadratic pr...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467357159
In this paper we propose a model predictive control scheme for discrete-time linear time-invariant systems based on inexact numerical optimization algorithms. We assume that the solution of the associated quadratic program produced by some numerical algorithm is possibly neither optimal nor feasible, but the algorithm is able to provide estimates on primal suboptimality and primal feasibility violation. By tightening the complicating constraints we can ensure the primal feasibility of the approximate solutions generated by the algorithm. Finally, we derive a control strategy that has the following properties: the constraints on the states and inputs are satisfied, asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system is guaranteed, and the number of iterations needed for a desired level of suboptimality can be determined.
Equation discovery methods hold promise for extracting knowledge from physics-related data. However, existing approaches often require substantial prior information that significantly reduces the amount of knowledge e...
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Tuning effective step sizes is crucial for the stability and efficiency of optimization algorithms. While adaptive coordinate-wise step sizes tuning methods have been explored in first-order methods, second-order meth...
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Learning motion control as a unified process of designing the reference trajectory and the controller is one of the most challenging problems in robotics. The complexity of the problem prevents most of the existing op...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781479969357
Learning motion control as a unified process of designing the reference trajectory and the controller is one of the most challenging problems in robotics. The complexity of the problem prevents most of the existing optimization algorithms from giving satisfactory results. While model-based algorithms like iterative linear-quadratic-Gaussian (iLQG) can be used to design a suitable controller for the motion control, their performance is strongly limited by the model accuracy. An inaccurate model may lead to degraded performance of the controller on the physical system. Although using machine learning approaches to learn the motion control on real systems have been proven to be effective, their performance depends on good initialization. To address these issues, this paper introduces a two-step algorithm which combines the proven performance of a model-based controller with a model-free method for compensating for model inaccuracy. The first step optimizes the problem using iLQG. Then, in the second step this controller is used to initialize the policy for our PI~2-01 reinforcement learning algorithm. This algorithm is a derivation of the PI~2 algorithm enabling more stable and faster convergence. The performance of this method is demonstrated both in simulation and experimental results.
Most of the existing ultrasound image restoration methods consider a spatially-invariant point-spread function (PSF) model and circulant boundary conditions. While computationally efficient, this model is not realisti...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781538646595
Most of the existing ultrasound image restoration methods consider a spatially-invariant point-spread function (PSF) model and circulant boundary conditions. While computationally efficient, this model is not realistic and severely limits the quality of reconstructed images. In this work, we address ultrasound image restoration under the hypothesis of piece-wise linear vertical variation of the PSF based on a small number of prototypes. No assumption is made on the structure of the prototype PSFs. To regularize the solution, we use the classical elastic net constraint. Existing methodologies are rendered impractical either due to their reliance on matrix inversion or due to their inability to exploit the strong convexity of the objective. Therefore, we propose an optimization algorithm based on the Accelerated Composite Gradient Method, adapted and optimized for this task. Our method is guaranteed to converge at a linear rate and is able to adaptively estimate unknown problem parameters. We support our theoretical results with simulation examples.
We propose an alternating optimization algorithm for localizing a mobile non-cooperative target using a wireless sensor network. We consider the scenario where sensors receive single-bounce non-line-of-sight signals f...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467369985
We propose an alternating optimization algorithm for localizing a mobile non-cooperative target using a wireless sensor network. We consider the scenario where sensors receive single-bounce non-line-of-sight signals from the moving target. Each sensor is able to measure the target signal's angle-of-arrival and received signal strength. The transmit powers of the non-cooperative target at different locations are unknown, and estimated jointly with its locations and the orientations of the scatterers off which the target signals are reflected before reaching the sensors. We formulate the problem as a non-convex least squares problem, and then transform and approximate it into a form that is solvable by an alternating algorithm. We show that our algorithm converges, and simulation results demonstrate that our algorithm is able to localize the target with good accuracy.
This paper deals with a fuzzy robust and non-fragile minimax control problem of a trailer-truck model. By introducing parametric uncertainty terms into the T-S model for trailer-truck systems, the fuzzy model approach...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781424414970;1424414970
This paper deals with a fuzzy robust and non-fragile minimax control problem of a trailer-truck model. By introducing parametric uncertainty terms into the T-S model for trailer-truck systems, the fuzzy model approaches to the original system more exactly. Existence conditions are derived for the robust and non-fragile minimax control in the sense of Lyapunov asymptotic stability and formulated in the form of Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMIs). The convex optimization algorithm is used to get the minimal upper bound of the performance cost and parameter of the optimal minimax controller. Then the closed-loop system will be asymptotically stable under the condition of the worst disturbance and uncertainty. Finally, an illustrative example is used to demonstrate the better robust and non-fragile performance of the controller design.
In this paper we present a novel game-theoretic strategy that guarantees fair cost allocation incurred by communication links in wide-area control for electric power systems. The underlying transmission network topolo...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781467360890
In this paper we present a novel game-theoretic strategy that guarantees fair cost allocation incurred by communication links in wide-area control for electric power systems. The underlying transmission network topology results in vastly diverse requirements for inter-area feedback for operating areas owned by different utility companies. Thus, it is unfair to divide the total communication cost equally among all companies. Our objective is to quantify these requirements and incorporate them into a fair cost distribution scheme. We formulate the wide-area control problem as a state-feedback based LQR minimization problem and cast it as a cooperative game with companies acting as game-players. We first apply sparsity-promoting optimization algorithms to construct the feedback gain matrix such that its off-diagonal blocks that characterize the inter-area feedback are as sparse as possible under a desired energy constraint. Assigning a fixed cost to every non-zero element in these off-diagonal blocks, we apply the Nash Bargaining Solution (NBS) to fairly allocate the total cost among the various game-players. Resulting insights into the wide-area communication requirements for different areas over a range of energy constraints are discussed.
The REMOS (REverberation MOdeling for Speech recognition) concept for reverberation-robust distant-talking speech recognition, introduced in [1] for melspectral features, is extended in this contribution to logarithmi...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781424442959
The REMOS (REverberation MOdeling for Speech recognition) concept for reverberation-robust distant-talking speech recognition, introduced in [1] for melspectral features, is extended in this contribution to logarithmic melspectral (logmelspec) features. Based on a combined acoustic model consisting of a hidden Markov model network and a reverberation model, REMOS determines clean-speech and reverberation estimates during recognition by an inner optimization operation. A reformulation of this inner optimization problem for logmelspec features, allowing an efficient solution by nonlinear optimization algorithms, is derived in this paper so that an efficient implementation of REMOS for logmelspec features becomes possible. Connected digit recognition experiments show that the proposed REMOS implementation significantly outperforms reverberantly-trained HMMs in highly reverberant environments.
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