6 papers
A risk analysis framework for real-time control systems
Mads R. Bisgaard, Lukas Hewing, Alexander Domahidi
We present a Monte Carlo simulation framework for analysing the risk involved in deploying real-time control systems in safety-critical applications, as well as an algorithm design…
Design, Optimal Guidance and Control of a Low-cost Re-usable Electric Model Rocket
Lukas Spannagl, Elias Hampp, Andrea Carron +5
In the last decade, autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicles have become increasingly important as they lower mission costs thanks to their re-usability. However, t…
Globally Optimal AC Power System Upgrade Planning under Operational Policy Constraints
Sandro Merkli, Alexander Domahidi, Juan Jerez +1
In order to accommodate the increasing amounts of renewable generation in power distribution systems, system operators are facing the problem of how to upgrade transmission capacit…
Optimization-Based Autonomous Racing of 1:43 Scale RC Cars
Alexander Liniger, Alexander Domahidi, Manfred Morari
This paper describes autonomous racing of RC race cars based on mathematical optimization. Using a dynamical model of the vehicle, control inputs are computed by receding horizon b…
Low-complexity method for hybrid MPC with local guarantees
Damian Frick, Angelos Georghiou, Juan L. Jerez +2
Model predictive control problems for constrained hybrid systems are usually cast as mixed-integer optimization problems (MIP). However, commercial MIP solvers are designed to run…
Fast AC Power Flow Optimization using Difference of Convex Functions Programming
Sandro Merkli, Alexander Domahidi, Juan Jerez +2
An effective means for analyzing the impact of novel operating schemes on power systems is time domain simulation, for example for investigating optimization-based curtailment of r…