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most citedRobot control for simultaneous impact tasks via Quadratic Programming-based reference spreading

15 citations · 33 across the 26 of their papers we have counts for

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27 papers

math.OC2026

Optimal Sensor Placement for Output Estimation Using an Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm with Pre-filter

R. P. P. F. Goetz, Y. Dwaraga, N. van de Wouw +4

Sensor placement for maximizing the estimation performance of the Kalman filter is an NP-hard optimization problem. Furthermore, its feasible set grows combinatorially with the can…

math.OC2026

Confidentiality of Linear Control Systems with Quadratic Output Under Sensor Attacks [Extended Version]

Zeyad M. Manaa, Nathan van de Wouw, Michelle S. Chong

We study the state estimation problem for linear control systems with quadratic outputs which are locally unobservable at the equilibrium. We show that, despite this inherent lack…

eess.SY2026

Improving Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control Robustness to Parametric Uncertainty via Plant Equivalent Controller Realizations

Mischa Huisman, Thomas Arnold, Erjen Lefeber +2

Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) enables vehicle platooning through inter-vehicle communication, improving traffic efficiency and safety. Conventional CACC relies on feed…

eess.SY2025

Plant Equivalent Controller Realizations for Attack-Resilient Cyber-Physical Systems

Mischa Huisman, Erjen Lefeber, Nathan van de Wouw +1

As cyber-physical systems (CPSs) become more dependent on data and communication networks, their vulnerability to false data injection (FDI) attacks has raised significant concerns…

math.NA2025

Convergence of a continuous Galerkin method for the Biot-Allard poroelasticity system

Jakob S. Stokke, Markus Bause, Florin A. Radu

We study a space-time finite element method for a system of poromechanics with memory effects that are modeled by a convolution integral. In the literature, the system is referred…

math.NA2025

Generalizing Reduced Rank Extrapolation to Low-Rank Matrix Sequences

Pascal den Boef, Patrick Kürschner, Xiaobo Liu +5

Reduced rank extrapolation (RRE) is an acceleration method typically used to accelerate the iterative solution of nonlinear systems of equations using a fixed-point process. In thi…

math.NA2024★ 2 cited

Stable Sparse Operator Inference for Nonlinear Structural Dynamics

Pascal den Boef, Diana Manvelyan, Joseph Maubach +2

Structural dynamics models with nonlinear stiffness appear, for example, when analyzing systems with nonlinear material behavior or undergoing large deformations. For complex syste…

cs.RO2024

Fast Collision Probability Estimation for Automated Driving using Multi-circular Shape Approximations

Leon Tolksdorf, Christian Birkner, Arturo Tejada +1

Many state-of-the-art methods for safety assessment and motion planning for automated driving require estimation of the probability of collision (POC). To estimate the POC, a shape…

eess.SY2024

Optimal Controller Realizations against False Data Injections in Cooperative Driving

Mischa Huisman, Carlos Murguia, Erjen Lefeber +1

To enhance the robustness of cooperative driving to cyberattacks, we study a controller-oriented approach to mitigate the effect of a class of False-Data Injection (FDI) attacks. B…

cs.CR2024

Privacy in Cloud Computing through Immersion-based Coding

Haleh Hayati, Nathan van de Wouw, Carlos Murguia

Cloud computing enables users to process and store data remotely on high-performance computers and servers by sharing data over the Internet. However, transferring data to clouds c…

math.OC2023

Stochastic Optimization of Large-Scale Parametrized Dynamical Systems

Pascal Den Boef, Jos Maubach, Wil Schilders +1

Many relevant problems in the area of systems and control, such as controller synthesis, observer design and model reduction, can be viewed as optimization problems involving dynam…

cs.RO2023

Overcoming the Fear of the Dark: Occlusion-Aware Model-Predictive Planning for Automated Vehicles Using Risk Fields

Chris van der Ploeg, Truls Nyberg, José Manuel Gaspar Sánchez +2

As vehicle automation advances, motion planning algorithms face escalating challenges in achieving safe and efficient navigation. Existing Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)…

math.OC2023

Risk in Stochastic and Robust Model Predictive Path-Following Control for Vehicular Motion Planning

Leon Tolksdorf, Arturo Tejada, Nathan van de Wouw +1

In automated driving, risk describes potential harm to passengers of an autonomous vehicle (AV) and other road users. Recent studies suggest that human-like driving behavior emerge…

cs.RO2023

Adaptive Headway Motion Control and Motion Prediction for Safe Unicycle Motion Design

Aykut İşleyen, Nathan van de Wouw, Ömür Arslan

Differential drive robots that can be modeled as a kinematic unicycle are a standard mobile base platform for many service and logistics robots. Safe and smooth autonomous motion a…

eess.SY2023★ 2 cited

Unified Behavioral Data-Driven Performance Analysis: A Generalized Plant Approach

L. M. Spin, C. Verhoek, W. P. M. H. Heemels +2

In this paper, we present a novel approach to combine data-driven non-parametric representations with model-based representations of dynamical systems. Based on a data-driven form…

eess.SY2023

Impact Sensitivity Analysis of Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control Against Resource-Limited Adversaries

Mischa Huisman, Carlos Murguia, Erjen Lefeber +1

Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) is a technology that allows groups of vehicles to form in automated, tightly-coupled platoons. CACC schemes exploit Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V…

cs.CR2023

Infinite Horizon Privacy in Networked Control Systems: Utility/Privacy Tradeoffs and Design Tools

Haleh Hayati, Nathan van de Wouw, Carlos Murguia

We address the problem of synthesizing distorting mechanisms that maximize infinite horizon privacy for Networked Control Systems (NCSs). We consider stochastic LTI systems where i…

cs.RO2022

Dual Arm Impact-Aware Grasping through Time-Invariant Reference Spreading Control

Jari J. van Steen, Abdullah Coşgun, Nathan van de Wouw +1

With the goal of increasing the speed and efficiency in robotic dual arm manipulation, a novel control approach is presented that utilizes intentional simultaneous impacts to rapid…

eess.SY2022★ 2 cited

Privacy-Preserving Anomaly Detection in Stochastic Dynamical Systems: Synthesis of Optimal Gaussian Mechanisms

Haleh Hayati, Carlos Murguia, Nathan van de Wouw

We present a framework for designing distorting mechanisms that allow remotely operating anomaly detectors while preserving privacy. We consider the problem setting in which a remo…

cs.RO2022

Feedback Motion Prediction for Safe Unicycle Robot Navigation

Aykut İşleyen, Nathan van de Wouw, Ömür Arslan

As a simple and robust mobile robot base, differential drive robots that can be modelled as a kinematic unicycle find significant applications in logistics and service robotics in…

cs.RO2022★ 6 cited

Robot Control for Simultaneous Impact Tasks through Time-Invariant Reference Spreading

Jari J. van Steen, Nathan van de Wouw, Alessandro Saccon

With the goal of enabling the exploitation of impacts in robotic manipulation, a new framework is presented for control of robotic manipulators that are tasked to execute nominally…

cs.LG2022

Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning via System Immersion and Random Matrix Encryption

Haleh Hayati, Carlos Murguia, Nathan van de Wouw

Federated learning (FL) has emerged as a privacy solution for collaborative distributed learning where clients train AI models directly on their devices instead of sharing their da…

eess.SY2021

Gaussian Mechanisms Against Statistical Inference: Synthesis Tools

Haleh Hayati, Carlos Murguia, Nathan van de Wouw

In this manuscript, we provide a set of tools (in terms of semidefinite programs) to synthesize Gaussian mechanisms to maximize privacy of databases. Information about the database…

cs.RO2021★ 15 cited

Robot control for simultaneous impact tasks via Quadratic Programming-based reference spreading

Jari J. van Steen, Nathan van de Wouw, Alessandro Saccon

With the aim of further enabling the exploitation of impacts in robotic manipulation, a control framework is presented that directly tackles the challenges posed by tracking contro…