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most citedSafe Learning-Based Optimization of Model Predictive Control: Application to Battery Fast-Charging

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eess.SP2026

Uncertainty-Aware Fusion for Resilient Distributed Radar Sensing

Christian Eckrich, Maik Pfefferkorn, Rolf Findeisen +2

Distributed radar sensing enables safe and resilient operation in mobile robotic and vehicular systems by combining multiple local views of the scene. In this paper, we consider a…

cs.LG2026

Efficient Controller Learning from Human Preferences and Numerical Data Via Multi-Modal Surrogate Models

Lukas Theiner, Maik Pfefferkorn, Yongpeng Zhao +2

Tuning control policies manually to meet high-level objectives is often time-consuming. Bayesian optimization provides a data-efficient framework for automating this process using…

cs.LG2025

High-Dimensional Surrogate Modeling for Closed-Loop Learning of Neural-Network-Parameterized Model Predictive Control

Sebastian Hirt, Valentinus Suwanto, Hendrik Alsmeier +2

Learning controller parameters from closed-loop data has been shown to improve closed-loop performance. Bayesian optimization, a widely used black-box and sample-efficient learning…

eess.SY2025

A Hierarchical Surrogate Model for Efficient Multi-Task Parameter Learning in Closed-Loop Control

Sebastian Hirt, Lukas Theiner, Maik Pfefferkorn +1

Many control problems require repeated tuning and adaptation of controllers across distinct closed-loop tasks, where data efficiency and adaptability are critical. We propose a hie…

eess.SY2025

Efficient Learning of Vehicle Controller Parameters via Multi-Fidelity Bayesian Optimization: From Simulation to Experiment

Yongpeng Zhao, Maik Pfefferkorn, Maximilian Templer +1

Parameter tuning for vehicle controllers remains a costly and time-intensive challenge in automotive development. Traditional approaches rely on extensive real-world testing, makin…

eess.SY2024

Probabilistically Input-to-State Stable Stochastic Model Predictive Control

Maik Pfefferkorn, Rolf Findeisen

Employing model predictive control to systems with unbounded, stochastic disturbances poses the challenge of guaranteeing safety, i.e., repeated feasibility and stability of the cl…

eess.SY2024★ 1 cited

Safe Learning-Based Optimization of Model Predictive Control: Application to Battery Fast-Charging

Sebastian Hirt, Andreas Höhl, Johannes Pohlodek +4

Model predictive control (MPC) is a powerful tool for controlling complex nonlinear systems under constraints, but often struggles with model uncertainties and the design of suitab…

eess.SY2024

Safe and Stable Closed-Loop Learning for Neural-Network-Supported Model Predictive Control

Sebastian Hirt, Maik Pfefferkorn, Rolf Findeisen

Safe learning of control policies remains challenging, both in optimal control and reinforcement learning. In this article, we consider safe learning of parametrized predictive con…

eess.SY2024

Stability-informed Bayesian Optimization for MPC Cost Function Learning

Sebastian Hirt, Maik Pfefferkorn, Ali Mesbah +1

Designing predictive controllers towards optimal closed-loop performance while maintaining safety and stability is challenging. This work explores closed-loop learning for predicti…

eess.SY2023

Regret and Conservatism of Distributionally Robust Constrained Stochastic Model Predictive Control

Maik Pfefferkorn, Venkatraman Renganathan, Rolf Findeisen

We analyse the conservatism and regret of distributionally robust (DR) stochastic model predictive control (SMPC) when using moment-based ambiguity sets for modeling unknown uncert…

eess.SY2023

Model Predictive Control with Gaussian-Process-Supported Dynamical Constraints for Autonomous Vehicles

Johanna Bethge, Maik Pfefferkorn, Alexander Rose +2

We propose a model predictive control approach for autonomous vehicles that exploits learned Gaussian processes for predicting human driving behavior. The proposed approach employs…

eess.SY2020

Fusing Online Gaussian Process-Based Learning and Control for Scanning Quantum Dot Microscopy

Maik Pfefferkorn, Michael Maiworm, Christian Wagner +2

Elucidating electrostatic surface potentials contributes to a deeper understanding of the nature of matter and its physicochemical properties, which is the basis for a wide field o…