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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Unknown Dynamics"”.
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Learning Large-scale Multi-agent Control with Safety Certificates
… safe controllers for black-box systems with unknown dynamics. Comprehensive experiments have shown that the proposed methods have notable performance in terms of safety rate, task completion rate, computational efficiency and large-scale scalability.
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Model-Based and Data-Driven Covariance Control: Theory and Applications
… distribution steering problems for systems with unknown dynamics. The versatility of these advancements is demonstrated through applications such as spacecraft guidance, quadrotor path planning, and motion planning for autonomous vehicles, highlighting their broader impact. By uniting the …
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Enhancement of lateral stability of car-trailer systems using model-reference adaptive control
… systems considering parametric uncertainties and unknown dynamics of the actuator. To this end, a reference model is designed using a 3-DOF (degrees of freedom) linear CT model with active trailer steering; the virtual vehicle, i.e., the nonlinear CT model with 22-DOF, is developed in CarSim …
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Bayesian Model Selection in terms of Kullback-Leibler discrepancy
… space once we try to understand the real but unknown dynamics/mechanism of interest. In addition to review and discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of the historically and currently prevailing practical model selection methods in literature, a series of convenient and useful tools, …
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Development of a verification and validation framework for autonomous soft-docking of spacecraft with uncertain dynamic properties
… accomplishing complex scenarios. Unfortunately, unknown dynamics and changing parameters stress current attitude control systems for docking applications such as spacecraft servicing, debris capture, and space robotics operations. Adaptation for example may assist with vehicle control under such …
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Observer-based event-triggered and set-theoretic neuro-adaptive controls for constrained uncertain systems
… Furthermore, the proposed technique can identify unknown dynamics/uncertainties online and provides a way to regulate the control input"--Abstract, page iv.</p>
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Spillover stabilization in the control of large flexible space structures
… considers the stabilization of the neglected dynamics of the higher modes of vibration. It aims at designing modal controllers with improved spillover stability properties. It is based on the premise that the structural dynamicist will be able to predict more vibration modes than would be …
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The Role and Fate of Branch Site-U2 snRNA Interaction During Pre-mRNA Splicing
<p>Many details of the conformational dynamics underlying transitions during premRNA splicing, particularly during the catalytic phase, remain unclear despite our deep knowledge of spliceosome composition. The complex assembly phase that precedes catalysis, and the involvement of several motifs in …
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Models of neural circuits as optimally driven dynamical systems
… a unique opportunity to characterise their dynamics, as a window into the underlying connectivity patterns. Thus, recent years have seen increased interest from the neuroscience community in modelling neuronal populations through the lens of dynamical systems. However, most recordings are …
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Stability and robustness of adaptive controllers for underactuated Lagrangian systems and robotic networks
… despite the effects of communication delays and unknown dynamics of the platform. When there is no desired trajectory common to the networked manipulators, a modified controller drives all robots to a consensus configuration. A further modification is proposed that allows for the control of the …
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Bayesian Methods for Mineral Processing Operations
… state, Bayesian optimization of a process with unknown dynamics, and a novel active learning criteria for reducing the computation time required for the Bayesian calibration of simulations to real data. In closing, the utility of a handfull of Bayesian methods are displayed. However, the work …
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Learning and decentralized control in linear switched systems
… learn the optimal controller for MJLS with unknown dynamics. This work brings new insights for understanding the performance of policy gradient methods on the Markovian jump linear quadratic control problem.
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The dynamics of polymer solutions: Effects of concentration, chain architecture, and flow
The dynamics and rheology of polymer solutions are crucial to understanding and designing a broad range of polymer processing applications and biological systems. The microscopic conformational dynamics of polymers are directly related to the rheological response of solutions in processing flows. …
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Real-world autonomy in uncertain and unknown environments
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-19 without embargo terms