Optimal control of endoatmospheric launch vehicle systems: Geometric and computational issues

R Bonalli, B Hérissé, E Trélat - IEEE Transactions on Automatic …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we develop a geometric analysis and a numerical algorithm, based on indirect
methods, to solve optimal guidance of endoatmospheric launch vehicle systems under …

Sequential convex programming for non-linear stochastic optimal control

R Bonalli, T Lew, M Pavone - ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and …, 2022 - esaim-cocv.org
This work introduces a sequential convex programming framework for non-linear,
finitedimensional stochastic optimal control, where uncertainties are modeled by a …

Exact Characterization of the Convex Hulls of Reachable Sets

T Lew, R Bonalli, M Pavone - 2023 62nd IEEE Conference on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We study the convex hulls of reachable sets of nonlinear systems with bounded
disturbances. Reachable sets play a critical role in control, but remain notoriously …

Optimal control of aerospace systems with control-state constraints and delays

R Bonalli - 2018 - theses.hal.science
In this work, we address the real-time optimal guidance of launch vehicles with the objective
of designing an autonomous algorithm for the prediction of optimal control strategies, based …

A Gradient Descent-Ascent Method for Continuous-Time Risk-Averse Optimal Control

G Velho, J Auriol, R Bonalli - arxiv preprint arxiv:2306.12878, 2023 - arxiv.org
In this paper, we consider continuous-time stochastic optimal control problems where the
cost is evaluated through a coherent risk measure. We provide an explicit gradient descent …

Stabilization and Optimal Control of an Interconnected n+ m Hetero-directional Hyperbolic PDE-SDE System

G Velho, J Auriol, I Boussaada, R Bonalli - arxiv preprint arxiv:2502.06315, 2025 - arxiv.org
In this paper, we design a controller for an interconnected system composed of a linear
Stochastic Differential Equation (SDE) controlled through a linear hetero-directional …

A Gradient Descent-Ascent Method for Continuous-Time Risk-Averse Optimal Control

G Velho, J Auriol, R Bonalli - 2024 - hal.science
In this paper, we consider continuous-time stochastic optimal control problems where the
cost is evaluated through a coherent risk measure. We provide an explicit gradient descent …

Continuity of Pontryagin extremals with respect to delays in nonlinear optimal control

R Bonalli, B Hérissé, E Trélat - SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 2019 - SIAM
Consider a general nonlinear optimal control problem in finite dimension, with constant state
and/or control delays. By the Pontryagin maximum principle, any optimal trajectory is the …

Progress on error propagation and correction of long-range rockets in disturbing gravity field

L Wang, Z Lin, Y Peng - Proceedings of the Institution of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Disturbing gravity field is becoming an important factor leading to impact error of long-range
rockets. In this paper, the influence mechanism of deflection of the vertical and spatial …

Optimal control of time delay Fredholm integro-differential equations.

M Alipour, S Soradi-Zeid - Journal of Mathematical Modeling …, 2021 - search.ebscohost.com
This paper is devoted to solve a set of non-linear optimal control problems which are
touched with time-delay Fredholm integro-differential equations. The serious objective of this …