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physics.flu-dyn2023★ 18 cited

Optimal tracking strategies in a turbulent flow

Chiara Calascibetta, Luca Biferale, Francesco Borra +2

Pursuing a drifting target in a turbulent flow is an extremely difficult task whenever the searcher has limited propulsion and maneuvering capabilities. Even in the case when the r…

physics.flu-dyn2022★ 11 cited

Taming Lagrangian Chaos with Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning

Chiara Calascibetta, Luca Biferale, Francesco Borra +2

We consider the problem of two active particles in 2D complex flows with the multi-objective goals of minimizing both the dispersion rate and the energy consumption of the pair. We…

physics.flu-dyn2022★ 21 cited

Optimal policies for Bayesian olfactory search in turbulent flows

Robin A. Heinonen, Luca Biferale, Antonio Celani +1

In many practical scenarios, a flying insect must search for the source of an emitted cue which is advected by the atmospheric wind. On the macroscopic scales of interest, turbulen…

physics.flu-dyn2022★ 2 cited

Optimizing Airborne Wind Energy with Reinforcement Learning

N. Orzan, C. Leone, A. Mazzolini +2

Airborne Wind Energy is a lightweight technology that allows power extraction from the wind using airborne devices such as kites and gliders, where the airfoil orientation can be d…

physics.flu-dyn2021★ 41 cited

Reinforcement learning for pursuit and evasion of microswimmers at low Reynolds number

Francesco Borra, Luca Biferale, Massimo Cencini +1

We consider a model of two competing microswimming agents engaged in a pursue-evasion task within a low-Reynolds-number environment. Agents can only perform simple maneuvers and se…

physics.flu-dyn2017★ 75 cited

Finding Efficient Swimming Strategies in a Three Dimensional Chaotic Flow by Reinforcement Learning

K. Gustavsson, L. Biferale, A. Celani +1

We apply a reinforcement learning algorithm to show how smart particles can learn approximately optimal strategies to navigate in complex flows. In this paper we consider microswim…