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21 papers
On Dimension-Varying Control Systems: A Universal State Space Approach
Feng Liu, Daizhan Cheng, Xiaoming Hu +1
This paper develops a unified framework for the analysis and design of dimension-varying control systems by constructing an intrinsic quotient state space, . A significant chall…
Fixed-time safe tracking control of uncertain high-order nonlinear pure-feedback systems via unified transformation functions
Chaoqun Guo, Jiangping Hu, Jiasheng Hao +2
In this paper, a fixed-time safe control problem is investigated for an uncertain high-order nonlinear pure-feedback system with state constraints. A new nonlinear transformation f…
Statistically Consistent Inverse Optimal Control for Linear-Quadratic Tracking with Random Time Horizon
Han Zhang, Axel Ringh, Weihan Jiang +2
The goal of Inverse Optimal Control (IOC) is to identify the underlying objective function based on observed optimal trajectories. It provides a powerful framework to model expert'…
Continuous-Time Inverse Quadratic Optimal Control Problem
Yibei Li, Yu Yao, Xiaoming Hu
In this paper, the problem of finite horizon inverse optimal control (IOC) is investigated, where the quadratic cost function of a dynamic process is required to be recovered based…
Inverse Quadratic Optimal Control for Discrete-Time Linear Systems
Han Zhang, Jack Umenberger, Xiaoming Hu
In this paper, we consider the inverse optimal control problem for the discrete-time linear quadratic regulator, over finite-time horizons. Given observations of the optimal trajec…
An Intrinsic Approach to Formation Control of Regular Polyhedra for Reduced Attitudes
Silun Zhang, Fenghua He, Yiguang Hong +1
This paper addresses formation control of reduced attitudes in which a continuous control protocol is proposed for achieving and stabilizing all regular polyhedra (also known as Pl…
Modeling collective behaviors: A moment-based approach
Silun Zhang, Axel Ringh, Xiaoming Hu +1
In this work we introduce an approach for modeling and analyzing collective behavior of a group of agents using moments. We represent the group of agents via their distribution and…
Interval Consensus for Multiagent Networks
Angela Fontan, Guodong Shi, Xiaoming Hu +1
The constrained consensus problem considered in this paper, denoted interval consensus, is characterized by the fact that each agent can impose a lower and upper bound on the achie…
Intrinsic Reduced Attitude Formation with Ring Inter-Agent Graph
Wenjun Song, Johan Markdahl, Silun Zhang +2
This paper investigates the reduced attitude formation control problem for a group of rigid-body agents using feedback based on relative attitude information. Under both undirected…
Finite-time attitude synchronization with distributed discontinuous protocols
Jieqiang Wei, Silun Zhang, Antonio Adaldo +3
The finite-time attitude synchronization problem is considered in this paper, where the rotation of each rigid body is expressed using the axis-angle representation. Two discontinu…
Finite-time attitude synchronization with a discontinuous protocol
Jieqiang Wei, Silun Zhang, Antonio Adaldo +2
A finite-time attitude synchronization problem is considered in this paper where the rotation of each rigid body is expressed using the axis-angle representation. One simple discon…
A geodesic feedback law to decouple the full and reduced attitude
Johan Markdahl, Jens Hoppe, Lin Wang +1
This paper presents a novel approach to the problem of almost global attitude stabilization. The reduced attitude is steered along a geodesic path on the n-sphere. Meanwhile, the f…
Projected Primal-Dual Gradient Flow of Augmented Lagrangian with Application to Distributed Maximization of the Algebraic Connectivity of a Network
Han Zhang, Jieqiang Wei, Peng Yi +1
In this paper, a projected primal-dual gradient flow of augmented Lagrangian is presented to solve convex optimization problems that are not necessarily strictly convex. The optimi…
Consensus Control for Linear Systems with Optimal Energy Cost
Han Zhang, Xiaoming Hu
In this paper, we design an optimal energy cost controller for linear systems asymptotic consensus given the topology of the graph. The controller depends only on relative informat…
Intrinsic Tetrahedron Formation of Reduced Attitude
Silun Zhang, Wenjun Song, Fenghua He +2
In this paper, formation control for reduced attitude is studied, in which both stationary and rotating regular tetrahedron formation can be achieved and are asymptotically stable…
Distributed sampled-data control of nonholonomic multi-robot systems with proximity networks
Zhixin Liu, Lin Wang, Jinhuan Wang +2
This paper considers the distributed sampled-data control problem of a group of mobile robots connected via distance-induced proximity networks. A dwell time is assumed in order to…
Consensus and Formation Control on SE(3) for Switching Topologies
Johan Thunberg, Xiaoming Hu, Jorge Goncalves
This paper addresses the consensus problem and the formation problem on SE(3) in multi-agent systems with directed and switching interconnection topologies. Several control laws ar…
Optimal output consensus for linear systems: A topology free approach
Johan Thunberg, Xiaoming Hu
In this paper, for any homogeneous system of agents with linear continuous time dynamics, we formulate an optimal control problem. In this problem a convex cost functional of the c…
Shaping up crowd of agents through controlling their statistical moments
Yuecheng Yang, Dimos V. Dimarogonas, Xiaoming Hu
In a crowd model based on leader-follower interactions, where positions of the leaders are viewed as the control input, up-to-date solutions rely on knowledge of the agents' coordi…
Convergence Tools for Consensus in Multi-Agent Systems with Switching Topologies
Johan Thunberg, Xiaoming Hu
We present two main theorems along the lines of Lyapunov's second method that guarantee asymptotic state consensus in multi-agent systems of agents in R^m with switching interconne…
Nonlinear filtering in target tracking using cooperative mobile sensors
Jiangping Hu, Xiaoming Hu
Collaborative signal processing and sensor deployment have been among the most important research tasks in target tracking using networked sensors. In this paper, the mathematical…