6 papers
A Direct Method for Solving Integral Penalty Transcriptions of Optimal Control Problems
Martin P. Neuenhofen, Eric C. Kerrigan
We present a numerical method for the minimization of objectives that are augmented with large quadratic penalties of overdetermined inconsistent equality constraints. Such objecti…
An Integral Penalty-Barrier Direct Transcription Method for Optimal Control
Martin P. Neuenhofen, Eric C. Kerrigan
Some direct transcription methods can fail to converge, e.g. when there are singular arcs. We recently introduced a convergent direct transcription method for optimal control probl…
Optimal partitioning of multi-thermal zone buildings for decentralized control
E. Atam, E. C. Kerrigan
In this paper, we develop an optimization-based systematic approach for the challenging, less studied, and important problem of optimal partitioning of multi-thermal zone buildings…
Information transmission bounds between moving terminals
Omar James Faqir, Eric C. Kerrigan, Deniz Gündüz
In networks of mobile autonomous agents, e.g. for data acquisition, we may wish to maximize data transfer or to reliably transfer a minimum amount of data, subject to quality of se…
Joint Optimization of Transmission and Propulsion in UAV-Assisted Communication Networks
Omar J. Faqir, Eric C. Kerrigan, Deniz Gündüz +1
The communication energy in a wireless network of mobile autonomous agents should be defined to include the propulsion energy as well as the transmission energy used to facilitate…
Analytical results for the multi-objective design of model-predictive control
Vincent Bachtiar, Chris Manzie, William H. Moase +1
In model-predictive control (MPC), achieving the best closed-loop performance under a given computational resource is the underlying design consideration. This paper analyzes the M…