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most citedMaximum Hands-Off Control: A Paradigm of Control Effort Minimization

180 citations · 719 across the 46 of their papers we have counts for

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49 papers

math.OC2026

Sparsity in control problems: Recent trends and open challenges

Luca Ballotta, Geethu Joseph, Geethu Josephb +7

As in all fields of engineering, control engineers constantly face a dichotomy between achieving high performance and the limited availability of resources for sensing, actuation,…

cs.LG2026

Learning Reduced-Order Dynamics with Singularity via Latent-Augmented Neural Ordinary Differential Equations

Xiaorui Wang, Yu Zhou, Wenjie Mei +3

This paper addresses the issue of self-intersecting trajectories (in phase space) in industrial reduced-order modeling and proposes the Latent-Augmented Neural Ordinary Differentia…

math.OC2026

Finite-Time Optimization via Scaled Gradient-Momentum Flows

Yu Zhou, Mengmou Li, Masaaki Nagahara

In this paper, we develop a scaled gradient-momentum framework for continuous-time optimization that achieves global finite-time convergence. A state-dependent scaling mechanism is…

eess.SY2022★ 4 cited

Hypertracking and Hyperrejection: Control of Signals beyond the Nyquist Frequency

Kaoru Yamamoto, Yutaka Yamamoto, Masaaki Nagahara

This paper studies the problem of signal tracking and disturbance rejection for sampled-data control systems, where the pertinent signals can reside beyond the so-called Nyquist fr…

eess.SY2021

Sparse Packetized Predictive Control of Disturbed Plants Over Channels with Data Loss

Mohsen Barforooshan, Masaaki Nagahara, Jan Ostergaard

This paper investigates closed-loop stability of a linear discrete-time plant subject to bounded disturbances when controlled according to packetized predictive control (PPC) polic…

math.OC2020★ 1 cited

Necessary condition for sparse optimal control problem with intermediate constraints

Yogesh Kumar, Sukumar Srikant, Debasish Chatterjee +1

This article treats optimal sparse control problems with multiple constraints defined at intermediate points of the time domain. For such problems with intermediate constraints, we…

math.OC2020

The turnpike property in the maximum hands-off control

Noboru Sakamoto, Masaaki Nagahara

This paper presents analyses for the maximum hands-off control using the geometric methods developed for the theory of turnpike in optimal control. First, a sufficient condition is…

eess.SY2017

CLOT Norm Minimization for Continuous Hands-off Control

Niharika Challapalli, Masaaki Nagahara, Mathukumalli Vidyasagar

In this paper, we consider hands-off control via minimization of the CLOT (Combined -One and Two) norm. The maximum hands-off control is the -optimal (or the sparsest) cont…

eess.SY2017

Min-Max Design of Feedback Quantizers for Netorwked Control Systems

Shuichi Ohno, Yuma Ishihara, Masaaki Nagahara

In a networked control system, quantization is inevitable to transmit control and measurement signals. While uniform quantizers are often used in practical systems, the overloading…

eess.SY2016

Continuous Hands-off Control by CLOT Norm Minimization

Niharika Challapalli, Masaaki Nagahara, Mathukumalli Vidyasagar

In this paper, we consider hands-off control via minimization of the CLOT (Combined L-One and Two) norm. The maximum hands-off control is the L0-optimal (or the sparsest) control a…

eess.SY2016★ 30 cited

Rate-Distortion Analysis of Quantizers with Error Feedback

Shuichi Ohno, Teruyuki Shiraki, M. Rizwan Tariq +1

A Delta-Sigma modulator that is often utilized to convert analog signals into digital signals can be modeled as a static uniform quantizer with an error feedback filter. In this pa…

eess.SY2016★ 52 cited

Characterization of maximum hands-off control

Debasish Chatterjee, Masaaki Nagahara, Daniel Quevedo +1

Maximum hands-off control aims to maximize the length of time over which zero actuator values are applied to a system when executing specified control tasks. To tackle such problem…

eess.SY2015

Maximum Hands-off Control without Normality Assumption

Takuya Ikeda, Masaaki Nagahara

Maximum hands-off control is a control that has the minimum L0 norm among all feasible controls. It is known that the maximum hands-off (or L0-optimal) control problem is equivalen…

cs.IT2015★ 1 cited

Multiuser Detection by MAP Estimation with Sum-of-Absolute-Values Relaxation

Hampei Sasahara, Kazunori Hayashi, Masaaki Nagahara

In this article, we consider multiuser detection that copes with multiple access interference caused in star-topology machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. We assume that the tr…

eess.SY2015★ 2 cited

Discrete-Valued Control by Sum-of-Absolute-Values Optimization

Takuya Ikeda, Masaaki Nagahara, Shunsuke Ono

In this paper, we propose a new design method of discrete-valued control for continuous-time linear time-invariant systems based on sum-of-absolute-values (SOAV) optimization. We f…

cs.IT2015★ 15 cited

Symbol Detection for Frame-Based Faster-than-Nyquist Signaling via Sum-of-Absolute-Values Optimization

Hampei Sasahara, Kazunori Hayashi, Masaaki Nagahara

In this letter, we propose a new symbol detection method for faster-than-Nyquist signaling (FTNS) systems. Based on frame theory, we formulate a symbol detection problem as a under…

eess.SY2015★ 1 cited

Digital Cancelation of Self-Interference for Single-Frequency Full-Duplex Relay Stations via Sampled-Data Control

Hampei Sasahara, Masaaki Nagahara, Kazunori Hayashi +1

In this article, we propose sampled-data design of digital filters that cancel the continuous-time effect of coupling waves in a single-frequency full-duplex relay station. In this…

eess.SY2015

Sampled-data Optimization for Self-interference Suppression in Baseband Signal Subspaces

Hampei Sasahara, Masaaki Nagahara, Kazunori Hayashi +1

In this article, we propose a design method of selfinterference cancelers for wireless relay stations taking account of the baseband signal subspace. The problem is first formulate…

cs.IT2015★ 67 cited

Discrete Signal Reconstruction by Sum of Absolute Values

Masaaki Nagahara

In this letter, we consider a problem of reconstructing an unknown discrete signal taking values in a finite alphabet from incomplete linear measurements. The difficulty of this pr…

eess.SY2014★ 1 cited

Value Function in Maximum Hands-off Control

Takuya Ikeda, Masaaki Nagahara

In this brief paper, we study the value function in maximum hands-off control. Maximum hands-off control, also known as sparse control, is the L0-optimal control among the admissib…

cs.IT2014

Communication Performance Analysis of Sampled-Data H-infinity Optimal Coupling Wave Canceler

Hampei Sasahara, Masaaki Nagahara, Kazunori Hayashi +1

In this manuscript, we propose a design method of digital filters which cancel coupling waves generated in single-frequency full-duplex wireless relay stations by using the sampled…

eess.SY2014

Continuity of the Value Function in Sparse Optimal Control

Takuya Ikeda, Masaaki Nagahara

We prove the continuity of the value function of the sparse optimal control problem. The sparse optimal control is a control whose support is minimum among all admissible controls.…

eess.SY2014

Loop-Back Interference Suppression for OFDM Signals via Sampled-Data Control

Hampei Sasahara, Masaaki Nagahara, Kazunori Hayashi +1

In this article, we consider the problem of loop-back interference suppression for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals in amplify-and-forward single-frequency…

eess.SY2014

Sparsity Methods for Networked Control

Masaaki Nagahara

In this presentation, we introduce sparsity methods for networked control systems and show the effectiveness of sparse control. In networked control, efficient data transmission is…