11 papers
Entanglement-Free Trajectory Planning for Tethered Mobile Robots with a Slack Tether
Gianpietro Battocletti, Dimitris Boskos, Bart De Schutter
In motion planning algorithms for tethered mobile robots, the entanglement state of the tether is a critical aspect to consider during the planning phase. This is particularly impo…
Robust Operation of Distribution Networks: Generalized Uncertainty Modelling in Confidence-Level-Based Information Gap Decision
Zhisheng Xiong, Dimitris Boskos, Bo Zeng +2
This paper studies the robust optimal operation of distribution networks (DNs) under renewable generation and load demand uncertainties, seeking an improved trade-off between robus…
Parametric Reduced-Order modeling and Closed-Loop Control of Tandem-Cylinder Wakes
Tea Vojkovic, Dimitris Boskos, Abel-John Buchner
The flow around two circular cylinders arranged in a tandem exhibits complex wake interactions that lead to amplified unsteady loads, particularly in the co-shedding regime where a…
Transonic Buffet Modeling via Invariant Manifolds
Tea VojkoviÄ, David Quero, Rahul Jayaraj +3
In transonic flow over aircraft wings, shock-boundary-layer interactions can give rise to transonic buffet, which degrades maneuverability through unsteady aerodynamic loads. Beyon…
Reinforcement Learning with Distributed MPC for Fuel-Efficient Platoon Control with Discrete Gear Transitions
Samuel Mallick, Gianpietro Battocletti, Dimitris Boskos +2
Cooperative control of groups of autonomous vehicles (AVs), i.e., platoons, is a promising direction to improving the efficiency of autonomous transportation systems. In this conte…
Gradient sampling algorithm for subsmooth functions
Dimitris Boskos, Jorge Cortés, Sonia MartÃnez
This paper considers non-smooth optimization problems where we seek to minimize the pointwise maximum of a continuously parameterized family of functions. Since the objective funct…