Learning with little mixing

I Ziemann, S Tu - Advances in Neural Information …, 2022 - proceedings.neurips.cc
We study square loss in a realizable time-series framework with martingale difference noise.
Our main result is a fast rate excess risk bound which shows that whenever a trajectory …

A nonlinear model predictive control framework using reference generic terminal ingredients

J Köhler, MA Müller, F Allgöwer - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we present a quasi-infinite horizon nonlinear model predictive control (MPC)
scheme for tracking of generic reference trajectories. This scheme is applicable to nonlinear …

Nonlinear reference tracking: An economic model predictive control perspective

J Köhler, MA Müller, F Allgöwer - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study the system theoretic properties of a reference tracking model
predictive control (MPC) scheme for general reference trajectories and nonlinear discrete …

On the sample complexity of stability constrained imitation learning

S Tu, A Robey, T Zhang… - Learning for Dynamics …, 2022 - proceedings.mlr.press
We study the following question in the context of imitation learning for continuous control:
how are the underlying stability properties of an expert policy reflected in the sample …

Perturbation-based regret analysis of predictive control in linear time varying systems

Y Lin, Y Hu, G Shi, H Sun, G Qu… - Advances in Neural …, 2021 - proceedings.neurips.cc
We study predictive control in a setting where the dynamics are time-varying and linear, and
the costs are time-varying and well-conditioned. At each time step, the controller receives …

Data-driven safety-critical control: Synthesizing control barrier functions with Koopman operators

C Folkestad, Y Chen, AD Ames… - IEEE Control Systems …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Control barrier functions (CBFs) are a powerful tool to guarantee safety of autonomous
systems, yet they rely on the computation of control invariant sets, which is notoriously …

A novel constraint tightening approach for nonlinear robust model predictive control

J Köhler, MA Müller, F Allgöwer - 2018 Annual American control …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a novel constraint tightening approach for nonlinear robust model
predictive control (MPC). This approach uses a simple constructive constraint tightening …

Nonlinear detectability and incremental input/output-to-state stability

DA Allan, J Rawlings, AR Teel - SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 2021 - SIAM
Incremental input/output-to-state stability (i-IOSS) is a popular characterization of
detectability for nonlinear systems. For instance, it is known that any system that admits a …

Risk verification of stochastic systems with neural network controllers

M Cleaveland, L Lindemann, R Ivanov, GJ Pappas - Artificial Intelligence, 2022 - Elsevier
Motivated by the fragility of neural network (NN) controllers in safety-critical applications, we
present a data-driven framework for verifying the risk of stochastic dynamical systems with …

Robust offset-free constrained model predictive control with long short-term memory networks

I Schimperna, L Magni - IEEE Transactions on Automatic …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper develops a control scheme, based on the use of Long Short-Term Memory neural
network models and Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, which guarantees recursive …