Aerial navigation in obstructed environments with embedded nonlinear model predictive control

E Small, P Sopasakis, E Fresk… - 2019 18th European …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a methodology for autonomous aerial navigation and obstacle avoidance of
micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) using non-linear model predictive control (NMPC) and we …

Data-driven distributionally robust MPC for constrained stochastic systems

P Coppens, P Patrinos - IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter we introduce a novel approach to distributionally robust optimal control that
supports online learning of the ambiguity set, while guaranteeing recursive feasibility. We …

Safe, learning-based MPC for highway driving under lane-change uncertainty: A distributionally robust approach

M Schuurmans, A Katriniok, C Meissen, HE Tseng… - Artificial Intelligence, 2023 - Elsevier
We present a case study applying learning-based distributionally robust model predictive
control to highway motion planning under stochastic uncertainty of the lane change behavior …

Distributionally robust model predictive control with total variation distance

A Dixit, M Ahmadi, JW Burdick - IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter studies the problem of distributionally robust model predictive control (MPC) using
total variation distance ambiguity sets. For a discrete-time linear system with additive …

Risk-sensitive motion planning using entropic value-at-risk

A Dixit, M Ahmadi, JW Burdick - 2021 European Control …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the problem of risk-sensitive motion planning in the presence of randomly
moving obstacles. To this end, we adopt a model predictive control (MPC) scheme and pose …

A general framework for learning-based distributionally robust MPC of Markov jump systems

M Schuurmans, P Patrinos - IEEE Transactions on Automatic …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we present a data-driven learning model predictive control (MPC) scheme for
chance-constrained Markov jump systems with unknown switching probabilities. Using …

Risk-averse receding horizon motion planning for obstacle avoidance using coherent risk measures

A Dixit, M Ahmadi, JW Burdick - Artificial Intelligence, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper studies the problem of risk-averse receding horizon motion planning for agents
with uncertain dynamics, in the presence of stochastic, dynamic obstacles. We propose a …

Primal-dual learning for the model-free risk-constrained linear quadratic regulator

F Zhao, K You - Learning for Dynamics and Control, 2021 - proceedings.mlr.press
Risk-aware control, though with promise to tackle unexpected events, requires a known
exact dynamical model. In this work, we propose a model-free framework to learn a risk …

Interaction-aware model predictive control for autonomous driving

R Wang, M Schuurmans… - 2023 European Control …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose an interaction-aware stochastic model predictive control (MPC) strategy for lane
merging tasks in automated driving. The MPC strategy is integrated with an online learning …

Infinite-horizon risk-constrained linear quadratic regulator with average cost

F Zhao, K You, T Başar - 2021 60th IEEE Conference on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The behaviour of a stochastic dynamical system may be largely influenced by those low-
probability, yet extreme events. To address such occurrences, this paper proposes an …