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most citedSafe Exploration in Reinforcement Learning: A Generalized Formulation and Algorithms

4 citations · 6 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

eess.SY2026

MM-LMPC: Multi-Modal Learning Model Predictive Control via Mode-Specific Terminal Design and Bandit-Based Exploration

Wataru Hashimoto, Kazumune Hashimoto, Masako Kishida

Learning Model Predictive Control (LMPC) improves iterative control tasks by using previous executions to construct the terminal constraint and terminal cost of the MPC problem. Al…

eess.SY2026

Forecast-Ensemble-Based Active Binary-Threshold Query Design for Interval Data Assimilation

Wataru Hashimoto, Kazumune Hashimoto, Haru Kuroki

Data assimilation estimates the evolving state of a dynamical system by combining model forecasts with observations. While many conventional methods assume point-valued measurement…

eess.SY2025

MM-LMPC: Multi-Modal Learning Model Predictive Control via Bandit-Based Mode Selection

Wataru Hashimoto, Kazumune Hashimoto

Learning Model Predictive Control (LMPC) improves performance on iterative tasks by leveraging data from previous executions. At each iteration, LMPC constructs a sampled safe set…

eess.SY2025

Reference-Free Iterative Learning Model Predictive Control with Neural Certificates

Wataru Hashimoto, Kazumune Hashimoto, Masako Kishida +1

In this paper, we propose a novel reference-free iterative learning model predictive control (MPC). In the proposed method, a certificate function based on the concept of Control L…

eess.SY2025

Clustering-based Recurrent Neural Network Controller synthesis under Signal Temporal Logic Specifications

Kazunobu Serizawa, Kazumune Hashimoto, Wataru Hashimoto +2

Autonomous robotic systems require advanced control frameworks to achieve complex temporal objectives that extend beyond conventional stability and trajectory tracking. Signal Temp…

cs.LG2024

Long-term Safe Reinforcement Learning with Binary Feedback

Akifumi Wachi, Wataru Hashimoto, Kazumune Hashimoto

Safety is an indispensable requirement for applying reinforcement learning (RL) to real problems. Although there has been a surge of safe RL algorithms proposed in recent years, mo…

cs.LG2023★ 4 cited

Safe Exploration in Reinforcement Learning: A Generalized Formulation and Algorithms

Akifumi Wachi, Wataru Hashimoto, Xun Shen +1

Safe exploration is essential for the practical use of reinforcement learning (RL) in many real-world scenarios. In this paper, we present a generalized safe exploration (GSE) prob…

eess.SY2023★ 1 cited

Bayesian Meta-Learning on Control Barrier Functions with Data from On-Board Sensors

Wataru Hashimoto, Kazumune Hashimoto, Akifumi Wachi +3

In this paper, we consider a way to safely navigate the robots in unknown environments using measurement data from sensory devices. The control barrier function (CBF) is one of the…

eess.SY2022

Neural Controller Synthesis for Signal Temporal Logic Specifications Using Encoder-Decoder Structured Networks

Wataru Hashimoto, Kazumune Hashimoto, Masako Kishida +1

In this paper, we propose a control synthesis method for signal temporal logic (STL) specifications with neural networks (NNs). Most of the previous works consider training a contr…

eess.SY2022★ 1 cited

A Lifting Approach to Learning-Based Self-Triggered Control with Gaussian Processes

Wang Zhijun, Kazumune Hashimoto, Wataru Hashimoto +1

This paper investigates the design of self-triggered control for networked control systems (NCS), where the dynamics of the plant is unknown apriori. To deal with the nature of the…

eess.SY2021

STL2vec: Signal Temporal Logic Embeddings for Control Synthesis With Recurrent Neural Networks

Wataru Hashimoto, Kazumune Hashimoto, Shigemasa Takai

In this paper, a method for learning a recurrent neural network (RNN) controller that maximizes the robustness of signal temporal logic (STL) specifications is presented. In contra…