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most citedOptimization Algorithms as Robust Feedback Controllers

32 citations · 49 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

eess.SY2026

Load Management of Distribution Systems via Online Dynamic Pricing

Jiarui Yu, Zhiyu He, Wenbin Wang +3

The growing adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing peak demand in distribution systems, which can threaten grid stability and reduce operational efficiency. Dynamic elec…

eess.SY2025

Hierarchical Strategic Decision-Making in Layered Mobility Systems

Mingjia He, Zhiyu He, Jan Ghadamian +3

Mobility systems are complex socio-technical environments influenced by multiple stakeholders with hierarchically interdependent decisions, rendering effective control and policy d…

math.OC2025

Decision-Dependent Stochastic Optimization: The Role of Distribution Dynamics

Zhiyu He, Saverio Bolognani, Florian Dörfler +1

Distribution shifts have long been regarded as troublesome external forces that a decision-maker should either counteract or conform to. An intriguing feedback phenomenon termed de…

math.OC2025

Robust Feedback Optimization with Model Uncertainty: A Regularization Approach

Winnie Chan, Zhiyu He, Keith Moffat +3

Feedback optimization optimizes the steady state of a dynamical system by implementing optimization iterations in closed loop with the plant. It relies on online measurements and l…

cs.LG2025

The Sample Complexity of Online Reinforcement Learning: A Multi-model Perspective

Michael Muehlebach, Zhiyu He, Michael I. Jordan

We study the sample complexity of online reinforcement learning in the general \hzyrev{non-episodic} setting of nonlinear dynamical systems with continuous state and action spaces.…

eess.SY2024

Distributed Traffic Signal Control via Coordinated Maximum Pressure-plus-Penalty

Vinzenz Tütsch, Zhiyu He, Florian Dörfler +1

This paper develops an adaptive traffic control policy inspired by Maximum Pressure (MP) while imposing coordination across intersections. The proposed Coordinated Maximum Pressure…

math.OC2024★ 1 cited

Gray-Box Nonlinear Feedback Optimization

Zhiyu He, Saverio Bolognani, Michael Muehlebach +1

Feedback optimization enables autonomous optimality seeking of a dynamical system through its closed-loop interconnection with iterative optimization algorithms. Among various iter…

math.OC2024

Online Feedback Optimization over Networks: A Distributed Model-free Approach

Wenbin Wang, Zhiyu He, Giuseppe Belgioioso +2

Online feedback optimization (OFO) enables optimal steady-state operations of a physical system by employing an iterative optimization algorithm as a dynamic feedback controller. W…

math.OC2024★ 16 cited

Towards a Systems Theory of Algorithms

Florian Dörfler, Zhiyu He, Giuseppe Belgioioso +3

Traditionally, numerical algorithms are seen as isolated pieces of code confined to an {\em in silico} existence. However, this perspective is not appropriate for many modern compu…

math.OC2023

Decentralized Feedback Optimization via Sensitivity Decoupling: Stability and Sub-optimality

Wenbin Wang, Zhiyu He, Giuseppe Belgioioso +2

Online feedback optimization is a controller design paradigm for optimizing the steady-state behavior of a dynamical system. It employs an optimization algorithm as a dynamic feedb…

math.OC2021★ 32 cited

Optimization Algorithms as Robust Feedback Controllers

Adrian Hauswirth, Zhiyu He, Saverio Bolognani +2

Mathematical optimization is one of the cornerstones of modern engineering research and practice. Yet, throughout all application domains, mathematical optimization is, for the mos…