Control barrier function based quadratic programs for safety critical systems

AD Ames, X Xu, JW Grizzle… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Safety critical systems involve the tight coupling between potentially conflicting control
objectives and safety constraints. As a means of creating a formal framework for controlling …

Fundamentals of energy efficient driving for combustion engine and electric vehicles: An optimal control perspective

J Han, A Vahidi, A Sciarretta - Automatica, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper formulates energy efficient driving of gasoline and electric powered vehicles as
optimal control problems of various complexity. We show minimizing aerodynamic drag can …

Observer‐based optimal fault‐tolerant tracking control for input‐constrained interconnected nonlinear systems with mismatched disturbances

S Liu, N Xu, N Zhao, L Zhang - Optimal Control Applications …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates an observer‐based optimal fault‐tolerant tracking control problem
for interconnected nonlinear systems with input constraints and mismatched disturbances …

Safe-and eco-driving control for connected and automated electric vehicles using analytical state-constrained optimal solution

J Han, A Sciarretta, LL Ojeda… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Speed advisory systems have been proposed for connected vehicles in order to minimize
energy consumption over a planned route. However, for their practical diffusion, these …

Uniform trigonometrization method for optimal control problems with control and state constraints

K Mall, MJ Grant, E Taheri - Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
Application of indirect optimization methods to solve constrained optimal control problems is
not a straightforward task. This study presents a new construct, the Uniform …

Safe pontryagin differentiable programming

W Jin, S Mou, GJ Pappas - Advances in Neural Information …, 2021 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Abstract We propose a Safe Pontryagin Differentiable Programming (Safe PDP)
methodology, which establishes a theoretical and algorithmic framework to solve a broad …

Robust safe reinforcement learning control of unknown continuous-time nonlinear systems with state constraints and disturbances

H Zhang, C Zhao, J Ding - Journal of Process Control, 2023 - Elsevier
Industrial processes must operate safely and optimally in practice, which typically entails
solving a constrained optimal control (COC) problem. Finding a control policy for such a …

Unified trigonometrization method for solving optimal control problems in atmospheric flight mechanics

K Mall, E Taheri - AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
Application of indirect optimization methods to solve constrained optimal control problems
(OCPs) is a challenging task. This study demonstrates the utility of a new construct, the …

An algorithmic guide for finite-dimensional optimal control problems

JB Caillau, R Ferretti, E Trélat, H Zidani - Handbook of Numerical Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
We survey the main numerical techniques for finite-dimensional nonlinear optimal control.
The chapter is written as a guide to practitioners who wish to get rapidly acquainted with the …

Model reduction and model predictive control of energy-efficient buildings for electrical heating load shifting

M Robillart, P Schalbart, F Chaplais… - Journal of Process …, 2019 - Elsevier
In France, buildings account for a significant portion of the electricity consumption (around
68%), due to an important use of electrical heating systems. This results in high peak load in …