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most citedAnalysis and design of model predictive control frameworks for dynamic operation -- An overview

75 citations · 309 across the 47 of their papers we have counts for

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49 papers

eess.SY2026

Turnpike properties in nonlinear system identification

Julian D. Schiller, Matthias A. Müller

We analyze the problem of learning general discrete-time nonlinear state-space models using the simulation error minimization (SEM) method. In this setting, model parameters are ty…

eess.SY2026

Local Observability and Moving Horizon Estimation-based Training of Feedforward Neural Networks

Yi Yang, Victor G. Lopez, Matthias A. Müller

In this paper, we propose a moving horizon estimation (MHE)-based training method for feedforward neural networks (FNNs) with rectified linear unit (ReLU) activation functions to d…

math.OC2026

On stability and non-averaged performance of economic MPC with terminal conditions for optimal periodic operation

Jonas Mair, Lukas Schwenkel, Matthias A. Müller +1

Operation at steady state is often not optimal when optimizing over an economic cost objective. In many cases, periodic operation yields better performance. Therefore, we derive as…

eess.SY2026

Small-gain analysis of exponential incremental input/output-to-state stability for large-scale distributed systems

Christian Gatke, Julian D. Schiller, Matthias A. Müller

We provide a detectability analysis for nonlinear large-scale distributed systems in the sense of exponential incremental input/output-to-state stability (i-IOSS). In particular, w…

eess.SY2026

An Output Feedback Q-learning Algorithm for Optimal Control of Nonlinear Systems with Koopman Linear Embedding

Victor G. Lopez, Malte Heinrich, Matthias A. Müller

In the reinforcement learning literature, strong theoretical guarantees have been obtained for algorithms applicable to LTI systems. However, in the nonlinear case only weaker resu…

eess.SY2026

Sample-based detectability and moving horizon state estimation of continuous-time systems

Isabelle Krauss, Victor G. Lopez, Matthias A. Müller

In this paper we propose a detectability condition for nonlinear continuous-time systems with irregular/infrequent output measurements, namely a sample-based version of incremental…

eess.SY2026

On Data-based Nash Equilibria in LQ Nonzero-sum Differential Games

Victor G. Lopez, Matthias A. Müller

This paper considers data-based solutions of linear-quadratic nonzero-sum differential games. Two cases are considered. First, the deterministic game is solved and Nash equilibrium…

eess.SY2025

Inference in Latent Force Models Using Optimal State Estimation

Tobias M. Wolff, Victor G. Lopez, Matthias A. Müller +1

Latent force models, a class of hybrid modeling approaches, integrate physical knowledge of system dynamics with a latent force - an unknown, unmeasurable input modeled as a Gaussi…

eess.SY2025

Data-based Moving Horizon Estimation under Irregularly Measured Data

Tobias M. Wolff, Isabelle Krauss, Victor G. Lopez +1

In this work, we introduce a sample- and data-based moving horizon estimation framework for linear systems. We perform state estimation in a sample-based fashion in the sense that…

eess.SY2025

Estimating Hormone Concentrations in the Pituitary-Thyroid Feedback Loop from Irregularly Sampled Measurements

Seth Siriya, Tobias M. Wolff, Isabelle Krauss +2

Model-based control techniques have recently been investigated for the recommendation of medication dosages to address thyroid diseases. These techniques often rely on knowledge of…

math.OC2025

Data-driven stabilization of nonlinear systems via descriptor embedding

Mohammad Alsalti, Claudio De Persis, Victor G. Lopez +1

We introduce the notion of descriptor embedding for nonlinear systems and use it for the data-driven design of stabilizing controllers. Specifically, we provide sufficient data-dep…

eess.SY2025

Robust stability of event-triggered nonlinear moving horizon estimation

Isabelle Krauss, Victor G. Lopez, Matthias A. Müller

In this work, we propose an event-triggered moving horizon estimation (ET-MHE) scheme for the remote state estimation of general nonlinear systems. In the presented method, wheneve…

eess.SY2025

Local Observability of a Class of Feedforward Neural Networks

Yi Yang, Victor G. Lopez, Matthias A. Müller

Beyond the traditional neural network training methods based on gradient descent and its variants, state estimation techniques have been proposed to determine a set of ideal weight…

eess.SY2025

Sufficient Conditions for Detectability of Approximately Discretized Nonlinear Systems

Seth Siriya, Julian D. Schiller, Victor G. Lopez +1

In many sampled-data applications, observers are designed based on approximately discretized models of continuous-time systems, where usually only the discretized system is analyze…

eess.SY2025

Insights into the explainability of Lasso-based DeePC for nonlinear systems

Gianluca Giacomelli, Simone Formentin, Victor G. Lopez +2

Data-enabled Predictive Control (DeePC) has recently gained the spotlight as an easy-to-use control technique that allows for constraint handling while relying on raw data only. In…

math.OC2025

Performance guarantees for optimization-based state estimation using turnpike properties

Julian D. Schiller, Lars Grüne, and Matthias A. Müller

In this paper, we develop novel accuracy and performance guarantees for optimal state estimation of general nonlinear systems (in particular, moving horizon estimation, MHE). Our r…

math.OC2024

Optimal state estimation: Turnpike analysis and performance results

Julian D. Schiller, Lars Grüne, Matthias A. Müller

In this paper, we introduce turnpike arguments in the context of optimal state estimation. In particular, we show that the optimal solution of the state estimation problem involvin…

eess.SY2024

Event-triggered moving horizon estimation for nonlinear systems

Isabelle Krauss, Julian D. Schiller, Victor G. Lopez +1

This work proposes an event-triggered moving horizon estimation (ET-MHE) scheme for general nonlinear systems. The key components of the proposed scheme are a novel event-triggerin…

eess.SY2024

Disturbance feedback-based model predictive control in uncertain dynamic environments

Philipp Buschermöhle, Taouba Jouini, Torsten Lilge +1

This paper presents a robust MPC scheme for linear systems subject to time-varying, uncertain constraints that arise from uncertain environments. The predicted input sequence is pa…

eess.SY2024

Data-Based System Representation and Synchronization for Multiagent Systems

Victor G. Lopez, Matthias A. Müller

This paper presents novel solutions of the data-based synchronization problem for continuous-time multiagent systems. We consider the cases of homogeneous and heterogeneous systems…

eess.SY2024★ 3 cited

Moving horizon estimation for nonlinear systems with time-varying parameters

Julian D. Schiller, Matthias A. Müller

We propose a moving horizon estimation scheme for estimating the states and time-varying parameters of nonlinear systems. We consider the case where observability of the parameters…

eess.SY2024

Data-Based Control of Continuous-Time Linear Systems with Performance Specifications

Victor G. Lopez, Matthias A. Müller

The design of direct data-based controllers has become a fundamental part of control theory research in the last few years. In this paper, we consider three classes of data-based s…

eess.SY2024

Online convex optimization for robust control of constrained dynamical systems

Marko Nonhoff, Emiliano Dall'Anese, Matthias A. Müller

This article investigates the problem of controlling linear time-invariant systems subject to time-varying and a priori unknown cost functions, state and input constraints, and exo…

eess.SY2023★ 1 cited

Sample-based nonlinear detectability for discrete-time systems

Isabelle Krauss, Victor G. Lopez, Matthias A. Müller

This paper introduces two sample-based formulations of incremental input/output-to-state stability (i-IOSS), a suitable detectability notion for general nonlinear systems. In this…