Machine learning (ML) course for undergraduates face challenges in assessing student learning and providing practical exposure. Group project-based learning, an increasingly popular form of experiential learning in CS...
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Ananthram and Borkar [1] showed that there exist strategies that are consistent with the requirements of a decentralized information structure but are unattainable through the use of common randomness. This opens the ...
Ananthram and Borkar [1] showed that there exist strategies that are consistent with the requirements of a decentralized information structure but are unattainable through the use of common randomness. This opens the question of discovering physically realisable mechanisms that provide access to this region of the strategic space. In our previous work we introduced a class of quantum strategies that allow such access in a two-agent setting. In this paper, we consider the problem of optimal allocation of a $k$ -partite quantum resource amongst $n$ agents, $k < n$ . We study the problem of decentralized estimation of a binary source by agents that are informed through independent binary symmetric channels, and face a cost that is homogeneous in their actions. We show a $k$ -partite quantum resource produces the maximum advantage over classical strategies when allocated to the agents with the $k$ most reliable channels.
Spherical robots can conduct surveillance in hostile, cluttered environments without being damaged, as their protective shell can safely house sensors such as cameras. However, lateral oscillations, also known as wobb...
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This paper considers solving distributed optimization problems in peer-to-peer multi-agent networks. The network is synchronous and connected. By using the proportional-integral (PI) control strategy, various algorith...
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This paper considers solving distributed optimization problems in peer-to-peer multi-agent networks. The network is synchronous and connected. By using the proportional-integral (PI) control strategy, various algorithms with fixed stepsize have been developed. Two notable among them are the PI algorithm and the PI consensus algorithm. Although the PI algorithm has provable linear or exponential convergence without the standard requirement of (strong) convexity, a similar guarantee for the PI consensus algorithm is unavailable. In this paper, using Lyapunov theory, we guarantee exponential convergence of the PI consensus algorithm for global cost functions that satisfy the restricted secant inequality, with rate-matching discretization, without requiring convexity. To accelerate the PI consensus algorithm, we incorporate local pre-conditioning in the form of constant positive definite matrices and numerically validate its efficiency compared to the prominent distributed convex optimization algorithms. Unlike classical pre-conditioning, where only the gradients are multiplied by a pre-conditioner, the proposed pre-conditioning modifies both the gradients and the consensus terms, thereby controlling the effect of the communication graph on the algorithm.
In this work, we design a nonlinear controller for an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to follow a predefined trajectory. The UAV is made to follow the desired path by driving the UAV’s relative distance to t...
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In this work, we design a nonlinear controller for an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to follow a predefined trajectory. The UAV is made to follow the desired path by driving the UAV’s relative distance to the path, and its look angle to zero. The proposed design is easy to implement as it does not need path curvature information and uses the philosophy of target pursuit to follow the predefined path. We further demonstrate the merits of the proposed method through simulations for various cases in accurately tracking straight line and curvilinear paths.
A guidance strategy is proposed in this paper that ensures near-zero miss distance along with simultaneous control over the direction and time of impact. The line-of-sight angle between the interceptor and the target ...
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A guidance strategy is proposed in this paper that ensures near-zero miss distance along with simultaneous control over the direction and time of impact. The line-of-sight angle between the interceptor and the target is shaped as a nonlinear polynomial function of relative range between them. This polynomial function provides the desired line-of-sight orientations to achieve the mission objectives. The coefficients of the line-of-sight polynomial are obtained by subjecting it to the boundary conditions that adhere to the desired terminal constraints. A controller is designed using the nonlinear dynamic inversion control technique to track the reference flight path directions derived using the desired line-of-sight orientations. The simulation results obtained from various numerical simulations validate the efficacy of the proposed guidance law.
In this paper, a sliding mode control-based cooperative guidance strategy for a team of two unmanned aerial vehicles (aircraft), which ensures their survival against pursuers, is proposed. The pursuing interceptors ar...
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In this paper, a sliding mode control-based cooperative guidance strategy for a team of two unmanned aerial vehicles (aircraft), which ensures their survival against pursuers, is proposed. The pursuing interceptors are assumed to employ augmented proportional navigation guidance. The cooperating aircraft maneuver in a way to lure their respective pursuers to an impact angle constrained collision. The problem of controlling impact angle is first transformed to that of tracking line-of-sight angle and its rate, and then the same is achieved by enforcing sliding mode on appropriate chosen switching surface. Furthermore, the allocation of aircraft’s lateral accelerations is performed in a way to minimize the instantaneous aerodynamic drag acting on both unmanned aerial vehicles. Numerical simulations are presented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed guidance strategy under different engagement geometries.
In this paper, a nonlinear impact time constrained three-dimensional guidance strategy to intercept a stationary target is proposed. The guidance strategy is based on non-singular terminal sliding mode control that us...
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In this paper, a nonlinear impact time constrained three-dimensional guidance strategy to intercept a stationary target is proposed. The guidance strategy is based on non-singular terminal sliding mode control that uses an improved time-to-go estimate in the design process, thereby provisioning for the interceptor’s large heading angle errors. Unlike existing approaches in the literature of three-dimensional terminal guidance, the proposed technique does not decouple the nonlinear three-dimensional engagement kinematics to design the guidance commands. Additionally, the proposed technique also considers the effect of autopilot whose dynamics are usually ignored. The stability of the proposed guidance strategy is certified using Lyapunov stability theory. Simulation results show the effective performance of the proposed guidance commands for various engagement conditions. The results in this paper are further backed with a comparison with an existing strategy that vindicates the superior performance of the proposed strategy.
This paper presents the control and stabilization of the rotary inverted pendulum based on a general controller scheme. The proposed scheme has its foundation in classical control theory, and the importance of an inte...
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This paper shows that the torpedo-type Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) exhibits the non-minimum phase behavior in the depth control operation for a certain range of forward velocity. Contributions in this paper ar...
This paper shows that the torpedo-type Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) exhibits the non-minimum phase behavior in the depth control operation for a certain range of forward velocity. Contributions in this paper are (i) Transform AUV's 6 DOF dynamic model in a diving plane to the normal form. (ii) A method to determine the range of the forward surge velocity for which zero dynamics is unstable. Understanding the non-minimum phase behavior provides insight into the controller designs in the future, specifically for the identified ranges of the forward surge velocities.
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