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The proposed frameworks generally consist of three components, namely (i) an input-output (IO) model of the system describing the relation between the variables of interest to the problem, (ii) an estimator that provides estimates of the parameters that populate the model in (i), and (iii) a controller that uses the model in (i) with the parameters estimated via (ii) to determine the active and/or reactive power injection set-points of the DERs by solving the optimal DER coordination problem (ODCP), which is cast as a static optimization problem. We develop efficient estimation algorithms that utilize measurements to estimate the parameters in the IO model. Special emphasis is devoted to algorithms that address the potential collinearity issue in the measurements, and formulations that significantly reduce the number of parameters to be estimated. The idea of data-driven coordination is also applied to address the problem of coordinating load tap changers (LTCs)---an important class of assets used for voltage control in distribution networks---using only measurements of voltage magnitudes. Different from the ODCP that is cast as a static optimization problem, the optimal LTC coordination problem is cast as a multi-stage decision-making problem and formulated as a Markov decision process (MDP), in which the unknown power injections are modeled as uncertainty sources. The MDP is solved via a reinforcement learning algorithm to obtain a control policy that maps the voltage magnitude measurements to the optimal tap positions. 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The proposed frameworks generally consist of three components, namely (i) an input-output (IO) model of the system describing the relation between the variables of interest to the problem, (ii) an estimator that provides estimates of the parameters that populate the model in (i), and (iii) a controller that uses the model in (i) with the parameters estimated via (ii) to determine the active and/or reactive power injection set-points of the DERs by solving the optimal DER coordination problem (ODCP), which is cast as a static optimization problem. We develop efficient estimation algorithms that utilize measurements to estimate the parameters in the IO model. Special emphasis is devoted to algorithms that address the potential collinearity issue in the measurements, and formulations that significantly reduce the number of parameters to be estimated. The idea of data-driven coordination is also applied to address the problem of coordinating load tap changers (LTCs)---an important class of assets used for voltage control in distribution networks---using only measurements of voltage magnitudes. Different from the ODCP that is cast as a static optimization problem, the optimal LTC coordination problem is cast as a multi-stage decision-making problem and formulated as a Markov decision process (MDP), in which the unknown power injections are modeled as uncertainty sources. The MDP is solved via a reinforcement learning algorithm to obtain a control policy that maps the voltage magnitude measurements to the optimal tap positions. 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