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most citedDecentralized Robust Data-driven Predictive Control for Smoothing Mixed Traffic Flow

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math.OC2026

On the Strong Duality in Continuous-time and Discrete-time Linear Quadratic Regulators

Yuto Watanabe, Yang Zheng

This paper revisits the strong duality in the linear quadratic regulator (LQR) for continuous-time and discrete-time systems, and explores its interconnection with typical assumpti…

cs.LG2026

Online Nonstochastic Prediction: Logarithmic Regret via Predictive Online Least Squares

Chih-Fan Pai, Yang Zheng

We study online prediction for marginally stable, partially observed linear dynamical systems under nonstochastic disturbances. Our objective is to minimize the cumulative squared…

math.OC2026

Online Tracking with Predictions for Nonlinear Systems with Koopman Linear Embedding

Chih-Fan Pai, Xu Shang, Jiachen Qian +1

We study the problem of online tracking in unknown nonlinear dynamical systems, where only short-horizon predictions of future target states are available. This setting arises in p…

eess.SY2026

Regret Guarantees for Model-Free Cooperative Filtering under Asynchronous Observations

Jiachen Qian, Yang Zheng

Predicting the output of a dynamical system from streaming data is fundamental to real-time feedback control and decision-making. We first derive an autoregressive representation t…

math.OC2026

Gradient Dominance in the Linear Quadratic Regulator: A Unified Analysis for Continuous-Time and Discrete-Time Systems

Yuto Watanabe, Yang Zheng

Despite its nonconvexity, policy optimization for the Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) admits a favorable structural property known as gradient dominance, which facilitates linear…

math.OC2026

On the Existence of Koopman Linear Embeddings for Controlled Nonlinear Systems

Xu Shang, Masih Haseli, Jorge Cortés +1

Koopman linear representations have become a popular tool for control design of nonlinear systems, yet it remains unclear when such representations are exact. In this paper, we est…

math.OC2025

On the Exponential Stability of Koopman Model Predictive Control

Xu Shang, Jorge Cortés, Yang Zheng

Koopman Model Predictive Control (MPC) uses a lifted linear predictor to efficiently handle constrained nonlinear systems. While constraint satisfaction and (practical) asymptotic…

math.OC2025

Regularization in Data-driven Predictive Control: A Convex Relaxation Perspective

Xu Shang, Yang Zheng

This paper explores the role of regularization in data-driven predictive control (DDPC) through the lens of convex relaxation. Using a bi-level optimization framework, we model sys…

math.OC2025

Dictionary-free Koopman Predictive Control for Autonomous Vehicles in Mixed Traffic

Xu Shang, Zhaojian Li, Yang Zheng

Koopman Model Predictive Control (KMPC) and Data-EnablEd Predictive Control (DeePC) use linear models to approximate nonlinear systems and integrate them with predictive control. B…

math.OC2024

Willems' Fundamental Lemma for Nonlinear Systems with Koopman Linear Embedding

Xu Shang, Jorge Cortés, Yang Zheng

Koopman operator theory and Willems' fundamental lemma both can provide (approximated) data-driven linear representation for nonlinear systems. However, choosing lifting functions…

math.OC2024★ 2 cited

Decentralized Robust Data-driven Predictive Control for Smoothing Mixed Traffic Flow

Xu Shang, Jiawei Wang, Yang Zheng

In a mixed traffic with connected automated vehicles (CAVs) and human-driven vehicles (HDVs) coexisting, data-driven predictive control of CAVs promises system-wide traffic perform…

math.OC2023★ 1 cited

Convex Approximations for a Bi-level Formulation of Data-Enabled Predictive Control

Xu Shang, Yang Zheng

The Willems' fundamental lemma, which characterizes linear time-invariant (LTI) systems using input and output trajectories, has found many successful applications. Combining this…

math.OC2023★ 1 cited

Smoothing Mixed Traffic with Robust Data-driven Predictive Control for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

Xu Shang, Jiawei Wang, Yang Zheng

The recently developed DeeP-LCC (Data-EnablEd Predictive Leading Cruise Control) method has shown promising performance for data-driven predictive control of Connected and Autonomo…