Safe and active parameter exploration for event-triggered control

Abstract

This paper presents a framework of learning parameter space for event-triggered control. In particular, our goal is to find a set of parameters for the event-triggered condition, such that certain specifications on safety and convergence properties are satisfied. The exploration strategy is based on the Gaussian process-based active learning, in which, for each iteration, the parameter with having the largest variance is evaluated. Moreover, we provide a theoretical analysis, so that the derived parameter space satisfies both convergence and safety. Finally, a numerical simulation is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the approach.

Presented at 2020 IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation (IEEE ICCA)