scholarly journals Solution Method of Optimal Control Problem with Discontinuity by Optimization Method of Vector Performances

1973 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 713-718
Author(s):  
Eiichi BAMBA
Author(s):  
Fouad Yacef ◽  
Nassim Rizoug ◽  
Laid Degaa ◽  
Omar Bouhali ◽  
Mustapha Hamerlain

Unmanned aerial vehicles are used today in many real-world applications. In all these applications, the vehicle endurance (flight time) is an important constraint that affects mission success. This study investigates the limitations of embedded energy for a quadrotor aerial vehicle. We consider a quadrotor simple tasked to travel from an initial hover configuration to a final hover configuration. In order to have a precise approximation of the consumed energy, we propose a power consumption model with battery dynamic, motor dynamic, and rotor efficiency function. We then introduce an optimization algorithm to minimize the energy consumption during quadrotor aerial vehicle mission. The proposed algorithm is based on an optimal control problem formulated for the quadrotor model and solved using nonlinear programming. In the optimal control problem, we seek to find control inputs (rotor velocity) and vehicle trajectory between initial and final configurations that minimize the consumed energy during a point-to-point mission. We extensively test in simulation experiments the proposed algorithm under normal and windy weather conditions. We compare the proposed optimization method with a nonlinear adaptive control approach to highlight the saved amount of energy.


Robotica ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 967-984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adel Akbarimajd

SUMMARYThree-DOF manipulators were employed for juggling of polygonal objects in order to have full control over object's configuration. Dynamic grasp condition is obtained for the instances that the manipulators carry the object on their palms. Manipulation problem is modeled as a nonlinear optimal control problem. In this optimal control problem, time of free flight is used as a free parameter to determine throw and catch times. Cost function is selected to get maximum covered horizontal distance using minimum energy. By selecting third-order polynomials for joint motions, the problem is changed to a constrained parameter selection problem. Adaptive particle swarm optimization method is consequently employed to solve the optimization problem. Effectiveness of the optimization algorithm is verified by a set of simulations in MSC. ADAMS.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Koichi Kobayashi ◽  
Kunihiko Hiraishi

One of the significant topics in systems biology is to develop control theory of gene regulatory networks (GRNs). In typical control of GRNs, expression of some genes is inhibited (activated) by manipulating external stimuli and expression of other genes. It is expected to apply control theory of GRNs to gene therapy technologies in the future. In this paper, a control method using a Boolean network (BN) is studied. A BN is widely used as a model of GRNs, and gene expression is expressed by a binary value (ON or OFF). In particular, a context-sensitive probabilistic Boolean network (CS-PBN), which is one of the extended models of BNs, is used. For CS-PBNs, the verification problem and the optimal control problem are considered. For the verification problem, a solution method using the probabilistic model checker PRISM is proposed. For the optimal control problem, a solution method using polynomial optimization is proposed. Finally, a numerical example on the WNT5A network, which is related to melanoma, is presented. The proposed methods provide us useful tools in control theory of GRNs.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Yang ◽  
Ying Nan

A hybrid trajectory optimization method consisting of Gauss pseudospectral method (GPM) and natural computation algorithm has been developed and utilized to solve multiphase return trajectory optimization problem, where a phase is defined as a subinterval in which the right-hand side of the differential equation is continuous. GPM converts the optimal control problem to a nonlinear programming problem (NLP), which helps to improve calculation accuracy and speed of natural computation algorithm. Through numerical simulations, it is found that the multiphase optimal control problem could be solved perfectly.


2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 11-22
Author(s):  
VALERY ANDREEV ◽  
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ALEXANDER POPOV

A reduced model has been developed to describe the time evolution of a discharge in an iron core tokamak, taking into account the nonlinear behavior of the ferromagnetic during the discharge. The calculation of the discharge scenario and program regime in the tokamak is formulated as an inverse problem - the optimal control problem. The methods for solving the problem are compared and the analysis of the correctness and stability of the control problem is carried out. A model of “quasi-optimal” control is proposed, which allows one to take into account real power sources. The discharge scenarios are calculated for the T-15 tokamak with an iron core.


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