Optimal transport in systems and control
Optimal transport began as the problem of how to efficiently redistribute goods between
production and consumers and evolved into a far-reaching geometric variational framework …
production and consumers and evolved into a far-reaching geometric variational framework …
Mean-field models in swarm robotics: A survey
K Elamvazhuthi, S Berman - Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a survey on the application of fluid approximations, in the form of mean-field
models, to the design of control strategies in swarm robotics. Mean-field models that consist …
models, to the design of control strategies in swarm robotics. Mean-field models that consist …
Accelerating motion planning via optimal transport
AT Le, G Chalvatzaki, A Biess… - Advances in Neural …, 2024 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Motion planning is still an open problem for many disciplines, eg, robotics, autonomous
driving, due to their need for high computational resources that hinder real-time, efficient …
driving, due to their need for high computational resources that hinder real-time, efficient …
[PDF][PDF] Scalable computation of monge maps with general costs
Monge map refers to the optimal transport map between two probability distributions and
provides a principled approach to transform one distribution to another. In spite of the rapid …
provides a principled approach to transform one distribution to another. In spite of the rapid …
A blob method for inhomogeneous diffusion with applications to multi-agent control and sampling
As a counterpoint to classical stochastic particle methods for linear diffusion equations, such
as Langevin dynamics for the Fokker-Planck equation, we develop a deterministic particle …
as Langevin dynamics for the Fokker-Planck equation, we develop a deterministic particle …
Density steering of gaussian mixture models for discrete-time linear systems
In this paper, we study the finite-horizon optimal density steering problem for discrete-time
stochastic linear dynamical systems for the case when the state distribution can be …
stochastic linear dynamical systems for the case when the state distribution can be …
Entropic model predictive optimal transport over dynamical systems
We consider the optimal control problem of steering an agent population to a desired
distribution over an infinite horizon. This is an optimal transport problem over dynamical …
distribution over an infinite horizon. This is an optimal transport problem over dynamical …
Neural monge map estimation and its applications
Monge map refers to the optimal transport map between two probability distributions and
provides a principled approach to transform one distribution to another. Neural network …
provides a principled approach to transform one distribution to another. Neural network …
Density control of interacting agent systems
Y Chen - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we consider the problem of controlling the group behavior of a large number of
dynamic systems that are constantly interacting with each other. These systems are …
dynamic systems that are constantly interacting with each other. These systems are …
Hierarchical policy blending as optimal transport
We present hierarchical policy blending as optimal transport (HiPBOT). HiPBOT
hierarchically adjusts the weights of low-level reactive expert policies of different agents by …
hierarchically adjusts the weights of low-level reactive expert policies of different agents by …