On the role of regularization in direct data-driven LQR control

F Dörfler, P Tesi, C De Persis - 2022 IEEE 61st Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The linear quadratic regulator (LQR) problem is a cornerstone of control theory and a widely
studied benchmark problem. When a system model is not available, the conventional …

Bridging direct and indirect data-driven control formulations via regularizations and relaxations

F Dörfler, J Coulson, I Markovsky - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we discuss connections between sequential system identification and control
for linear time-invariant systems, often termed indirect data-driven control, as well as a …

From noisy data to feedback controllers: Nonconservative design via a matrix S-lemma

HJ van Waarde, MK Camlibel… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we propose a new method to obtain feedback controllers of an unknown
dynamical system directly from noisy input/state data. The key ingredient of our design is a …

[HTML][HTML] Data-driven control via Petersen's lemma

A Bisoffi, C De Persis, P Tesi - Automatica, 2022 - Elsevier
We address the problem of designing a stabilizing closed-loop control law directly from input
and state measurements collected in an experiment. In the presence of a process …

Quadratic matrix inequalities with applications to data-based control

HJ Van Waarde, MK Camlibel, J Eising… - SIAM Journal on Control …, 2023 - SIAM
This paper studies several problems related to quadratic matrix inequalities (QMIs), ie,
inequalities in the Loewner order involving quadratic functions of matrix variables. In …

Learning controllers from data via approximate nonlinearity cancellation

C De Persis, M Rotulo, P Tesi - IEEE Transactions on Automatic …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we introduce a method to deal with the data-driven control design of nonlinear
systems. We derive conditions to design controllers via (approximate) nonlinearity …

[PDF][PDF] Data-driven control based on the behavioral approach: From theory to applications in power systems

I Markovsky, L Huang, F Dörfler - IEEE Control Systems …, 2023 - imarkovs.github.io
Behavioral systems theory decouples the behavior of a system from its representation. A key
result is that, under a persistency of excitation condition, the image of a Hankel matrix …

On the certainty-equivalence approach to direct data-driven LQR design

F Dörfler, P Tesi, C De Persis - IEEE Transactions on Automatic …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The linear quadratic regulator (LQR) problem is a cornerstone of automatic control, and it
has been widely studied in the data-driven setting. The various data-driven approaches can …

Linear quadratic control using model-free reinforcement learning

FA Yaghmaie, F Gustafsson… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we consider linear quadratic (LQ) control problem with process and
measurement noises. We analyze the LQ problem in terms of the average cost and the …

Robust adaptive model predictive control: Performance and parameter estimation

X Lu, M Cannon, D Koksal‐Rivet - International Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
For systems with uncertain linear models, bounded additive disturbances and state and
control constraints, a robust model predictive control (MPC) algorithm incorporating online …