Real-time control using Bayesian optimization: A case study in airborne wind energy systems

A Baheri, S Bin-Karim, A Bafandeh… - Control Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents a framework by which a data-driven optimization technique known as
Bayesian Optimization can be used for real-time optimal control. In particular, Bayesian …

Altitude optimization of airborne wind energy systems: A Bayesian optimization approach

A Baheri, C Vermillion - 2017 American Control Conference …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study presents a data-driven approach for optimizing the operating altitude of Airborne
Wind Energy (AWE) systems to maximize net energy production. Determining the optimal …

Spatiotemporal optimization through gaussian process-based model predictive control: A case study in airborne wind energy

S Bin-Karim, A Bafandeh, A Baheri… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This brief presents a model predictive control (MPC)-based spatiotemporal optimization
strategy that is applied to the problem of optimizing the altitude of a type of airborne wind …

Waypoint optimization using Bayesian optimization: A case study in airborne wind energy systems

A Baheri, C Vermillion - 2020 American Control Conference …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a data-driven optimization framework that aims to address online adaptation of
the flight path shape for an airborne wind energy system (AWE) that follows a repetitive path …

Combined plant and controller design using Bayesian optimization: A case study in airborne wind energy systems

A Baheri, J Deese, C Vermillion - Dynamic Systems …, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents a novel data-driven nested optimization framework that aims to solve
the problem of coupling between plant and controller optimization. This optimization strategy …

Combined plant and controller design using batch bayesian optimization: a case study in airborne wind energy systems

A Baheri, C Vermillion - Journal of Dynamic Systems …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
This paper presents a novel data-driven nested optimization framework that addresses the
problem of coupling between plant and controller optimization. This optimization strategy is …

Bayesian ascent: A data-driven optimization scheme for real-time control with application to wind farm power maximization

J Park, KH Law - IEEE Transactions on Control Systems …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a data-driven approach for real-time control of a physical system.
Specifically, this paper focuses on the cooperative wind farm control where the objective is …

A data-driven, cooperative approach for wind farm control: a wind tunnel experimentation

J Park, SD Kwon, K Law - Energies, 2017 - mdpi.com
This paper discusses a data-driven, cooperative control strategy to maximize wind farm
power production. Conventionally, every wind turbine in a wind farm is operated to maximize …

A Bayesian optimization approach for wind farm power maximization

J Park, KH Law - Smart Sensor Phenomena, Technology …, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The objective of this study is to develop a model-free optimization algorithm to improve the
total wind farm power production in a cooperative game framework. Conventionally, for a …

A comparative assessment of hierarchical control structures for spatiotemporally-varying systems, with application to airborne wind energy

A Bafandeh, S Bin-Karim, A Baheri… - Control Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Optimal control in a spatiotemporally varying environment is difficult, especially if the
environment is partially observable. Altitude optimization of an airborne wind energy (AWE) …