---
_id: '30733'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Hamilton-Jacobi reachability methods for safety-critical control have been
    well studied, but the safety guarantees derived rely on the accuracy of the numerical
    computation. Thus, it is crucial to understand and account for any inaccuracies
    that occur due to uncertainty in the underlying dynamics and environment as well
    as the induced numerical errors. To this end, we propose a framework for modeling
    the error of the value function inherent in Hamilton-Jacobi reachability using
    a Gaussian process. The derived safety controller can be used in conjuncture with
    arbitrary controllers to provide a safe hybrid control law. The marginal likelihood
    of the Gaussian process then provides a confidence metric used to determine switches
    between a least restrictive controller and a safety controller. We test both the
    prediction as well as the correction capabilities of the presented method in a
    classical pursuit-evasion example.
author:
- first_name: Nikolaus
  full_name: Vertovec, Nikolaus
  id: '93930'
  last_name: Vertovec
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
- first_name: Kostas
  full_name: Margellos, Kostas
  last_name: Margellos
citation:
  ama: 'Vertovec N, Ober-Blöbaum S, Margellos K. Verification of safety critical control
    policies using kernel methods. In: ; 2022:1870-1875.'
  apa: Vertovec, N., Ober-Blöbaum, S., &#38; Margellos, K. (2022). <i>Verification
    of safety critical control policies using kernel methods</i>. 1870–1875.
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Vertovec_Ober-Blöbaum_Margellos_2022, title={Verification
    of safety critical control policies using kernel methods}, author={Vertovec, Nikolaus
    and Ober-Blöbaum, Sina and Margellos, Kostas}, year={2022}, pages={1870–1875}
    }'
  chicago: Vertovec, Nikolaus, Sina Ober-Blöbaum, and Kostas Margellos. “Verification
    of Safety Critical Control Policies Using Kernel Methods,” 1870–75, 2022.
  ieee: N. Vertovec, S. Ober-Blöbaum, and K. Margellos, “Verification of safety critical
    control policies using kernel methods,” London, 2022, pp. 1870–1875.
  mla: Vertovec, Nikolaus, et al. <i>Verification of Safety Critical Control Policies
    Using Kernel Methods</i>. 2022, pp. 1870–75.
  short: 'N. Vertovec, S. Ober-Blöbaum, K. Margellos, in: 2022, pp. 1870–1875.'
conference:
  end_date: 2022-07-15
  location: London
  name: 2022 European Control Conference (ECC)
  start_date: 2022-07-12
date_created: 2022-03-31T11:14:13Z
date_updated: 2023-11-29T10:00:18Z
ddc:
- '510'
department:
- _id: '636'
has_accepted_license: '1'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 1870-1875
status: public
title: Verification of safety critical control policies using kernel methods
type: conference
user_id: '15694'
year: '2022'
...
---
_id: '44624'
author:
- first_name: Timm
  full_name: Faulwasser, Timm
  last_name: Faulwasser
- first_name: Kathrin
  full_name: Flaßkamp, Kathrin
  last_name: Flaßkamp
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
- first_name: Manuel
  full_name: Schaller, Manuel
  last_name: Schaller
- first_name: Karl
  full_name: Worthmann, Karl
  last_name: Worthmann
citation:
  ama: Faulwasser T, Flaßkamp K, Ober-Blöbaum S, Schaller M, Worthmann K. Manifold
    turnpikes, trims, and symmetries. <i>Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems</i>.
    2022;34:759-788.
  apa: Faulwasser, T., Flaßkamp, K., Ober-Blöbaum, S., Schaller, M., &#38; Worthmann,
    K. (2022). Manifold turnpikes, trims, and symmetries. <i>Mathematics of Control,
    Signals, and Systems</i>, <i>34</i>, 759–788.
  bibtex: '@article{Faulwasser_Flaßkamp_Ober-Blöbaum_Schaller_Worthmann_2022, title={Manifold
    turnpikes, trims, and symmetries}, volume={34}, journal={Mathematics of Control,
    Signals, and Systems}, publisher={Springer}, author={Faulwasser, Timm and Flaßkamp,
    Kathrin and Ober-Blöbaum, Sina and Schaller, Manuel and Worthmann, Karl}, year={2022},
    pages={759–788} }'
  chicago: 'Faulwasser, Timm, Kathrin Flaßkamp, Sina Ober-Blöbaum, Manuel Schaller,
    and Karl Worthmann. “Manifold Turnpikes, Trims, and Symmetries.” <i>Mathematics
    of Control, Signals, and Systems</i> 34 (2022): 759–88.'
  ieee: T. Faulwasser, K. Flaßkamp, S. Ober-Blöbaum, M. Schaller, and K. Worthmann,
    “Manifold turnpikes, trims, and symmetries,” <i>Mathematics of Control, Signals,
    and Systems</i>, vol. 34, pp. 759–788, 2022.
  mla: Faulwasser, Timm, et al. “Manifold Turnpikes, Trims, and Symmetries.” <i>Mathematics
    of Control, Signals, and Systems</i>, vol. 34, Springer, 2022, pp. 759–88.
  short: T. Faulwasser, K. Flaßkamp, S. Ober-Blöbaum, M. Schaller, K. Worthmann, Mathematics
    of Control, Signals, and Systems 34 (2022) 759–788.
date_created: 2023-05-08T09:04:06Z
date_updated: 2023-05-08T09:04:26Z
department:
- _id: '636'
intvolume: '        34'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 759-788
publication: Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems
publisher: Springer
status: public
title: Manifold turnpikes, trims, and symmetries
type: journal_article
user_id: '15694'
volume: 34
year: '2022'
...
---
_id: '23382'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Hamiltonian systems are differential equations which describe systems in classical
    mechanics, plasma physics, and sampling problems. They exhibit many structural
    properties, such as a lack of attractors and the presence of conservation laws.
    To predict Hamiltonian dynamics based on discrete trajectory observations, incorporation
    of prior knowledge about Hamiltonian structure greatly improves predictions. This
    is typically done by learning the system's Hamiltonian and then integrating the
    Hamiltonian vector field with a symplectic integrator. For this, however, Hamiltonian
    data needs to be approximated based on the trajectory observations. Moreover,
    the numerical integrator introduces an additional discretisation error. In this
    paper, we show that an inverse modified Hamiltonian structure adapted to the geometric
    integrator can be learned directly from observations. A separate approximation
    step for the Hamiltonian data avoided. The inverse modified data compensates for
    the discretisation error such that the discretisation error is eliminated. The
    technique is developed for Gaussian Processes.
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: Christian
  full_name: Offen, Christian
  id: '85279'
  last_name: Offen
  orcid: 0000-0002-5940-8057
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
citation:
  ama: 'Offen C, Ober-Blöbaum S. Symplectic integration of learned Hamiltonian systems.
    <i>Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science</i>. 2022;32(1). doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0065913">10.1063/5.0065913</a>'
  apa: 'Offen, C., &#38; Ober-Blöbaum, S. (2022). Symplectic integration of learned
    Hamiltonian systems. <i>Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science</i>,
    <i>32(1)</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0065913">https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0065913</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Offen_Ober-Blöbaum_2022, title={Symplectic integration of learned
    Hamiltonian systems}, volume={32(1)}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0065913">10.1063/5.0065913</a>},
    journal={Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science}, publisher={AIP},
    author={Offen, Christian and Ober-Blöbaum, Sina}, year={2022} }'
  chicago: 'Offen, Christian, and Sina Ober-Blöbaum. “Symplectic Integration of Learned
    Hamiltonian Systems.” <i>Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science</i>
    32(1) (2022). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0065913">https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0065913</a>.'
  ieee: 'C. Offen and S. Ober-Blöbaum, “Symplectic integration of learned Hamiltonian
    systems,” <i>Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science</i>, vol.
    32(1), 2022, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0065913">10.1063/5.0065913</a>.'
  mla: 'Offen, Christian, and Sina Ober-Blöbaum. “Symplectic Integration of Learned
    Hamiltonian Systems.” <i>Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science</i>,
    vol. 32(1), AIP, 2022, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0065913">10.1063/5.0065913</a>.'
  short: 'C. Offen, S. Ober-Blöbaum, Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear
    Science 32(1) (2022).'
date_created: 2021-08-11T08:24:02Z
date_updated: 2023-08-10T08:48:14Z
ddc:
- '510'
department:
- _id: '636'
doi: 10.1063/5.0065913
external_id:
  arxiv:
  - '2108.02492'
file:
- access_level: open_access
  content_type: application/pdf
  creator: coffen
  date_created: 2021-12-13T14:56:15Z
  date_updated: 2021-12-13T14:56:15Z
  file_id: '28734'
  file_name: SymplecticShadowIntegration_AIP.pdf
  file_size: 2285059
  relation: main_file
file_date_updated: 2021-12-13T14:56:15Z
has_accepted_license: '1'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/abs/10.1063/5.0065913
oa: '1'
publication: 'Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science'
publication_status: published
publisher: AIP
quality_controlled: '1'
related_material:
  link:
  - description: GitHub
    relation: software
    url: https://github.com/Christian-Offen/symplectic-shadow-integration
status: public
title: Symplectic integration of learned Hamiltonian systems
type: journal_article
user_id: '85279'
volume: 32(1)
year: '2022'
...
---
_id: '29421'
author:
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
- first_name: M.
  full_name: Vermeeren, M.
  last_name: Vermeeren
citation:
  ama: 'Ober-Blöbaum S, Vermeeren M. Superconvergence of galerkin variational integrators.
    In: IFAC-PapersOnLine, ed. <i>7th IIFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian
    Methods for Nonlinear Control LHMNC</i>. Vol 54(19). ; 2021:327-333.'
  apa: 'Ober-Blöbaum, S., &#38; Vermeeren, M. (2021). Superconvergence of galerkin
    variational integrators. In IFAC-PapersOnLine (Ed.), <i>7th IIFAC Workshop on
    Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control LHMNC: Vol. 54(19)</i>
    (pp. 327–333).'
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Ober-Blöbaum_Vermeeren_2021, title={Superconvergence of
    galerkin variational integrators}, volume={54(19)}, booktitle={7th IIFAC Workshop
    on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control LHMNC}, author={Ober-Blöbaum,
    Sina and Vermeeren, M.}, editor={IFAC-PapersOnLine}, year={2021}, pages={327–333}
    }'
  chicago: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina, and M. Vermeeren. “Superconvergence of Galerkin Variational
    Integrators.” In <i>7th IIFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for
    Nonlinear Control LHMNC</i>, edited by IFAC-PapersOnLine, 54(19):327–33, 2021.
  ieee: S. Ober-Blöbaum and M. Vermeeren, “Superconvergence of galerkin variational
    integrators,” in <i>7th IIFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for
    Nonlinear Control LHMNC</i>, 2021, vol. 54(19), pp. 327–333.
  mla: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina, and M. Vermeeren. “Superconvergence of Galerkin Variational
    Integrators.” <i>7th IIFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for
    Nonlinear Control LHMNC</i>, edited by IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 54(19), 2021, pp.
    327–33.
  short: 'S. Ober-Blöbaum, M. Vermeeren, in: IFAC-PapersOnLine (Ed.), 7th IIFAC Workshop
    on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control LHMNC, 2021, pp. 327–333.'
corporate_editor:
- IFAC-PapersOnLine
date_created: 2022-01-18T14:27:56Z
date_updated: 2022-01-21T13:36:53Z
department:
- _id: '636'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 327-333
publication: 7th IIFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear
  Control LHMNC
status: public
title: Superconvergence of galerkin variational integrators
type: conference
user_id: '15694'
volume: 54(19)
year: '2021'
...
---
_id: '16294'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "Model predictive control is a prominent approach to construct a feedback\r\ncontrol
    loop for dynamical systems. Due to real-time constraints, the major\r\nchallenge
    in MPC is to solve model-based optimal control problems in a very\r\nshort amount
    of time. For linear-quadratic problems, Bemporad et al. have\r\nproposed an explicit
    formulation where the underlying optimization problems are\r\nsolved a priori
    in an offline phase. In this article, we present an extension\r\nof this concept
    in two significant ways. We consider nonlinear problems and -\r\nmore importantly
    - problems with multiple conflicting objective functions. In\r\nthe offline phase,
    we build a library of Pareto optimal solutions from which we\r\nthen obtain a
    valid compromise solution in the online phase according to a\r\ndecision maker's
    preference. Since the standard multi-parametric programming\r\napproach is no
    longer valid in this situation, we instead use interpolation\r\nbetween different
    entries of the library. To reduce the number of problems that\r\nhave to be solved
    in the offline phase, we exploit symmetries in the dynamical\r\nsystem and the
    corresponding multiobjective optimal control problem. The\r\nresults are verified
    using two different examples from autonomous driving."
author:
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
- first_name: Sebastian
  full_name: Peitz, Sebastian
  id: '47427'
  last_name: Peitz
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-793X
citation:
  ama: Ober-Blöbaum S, Peitz S. Explicit multiobjective model predictive control for
    nonlinear systems  with symmetries. <i>International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear
    Control</i>. 2021;31(2):380-403. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.5281">10.1002/rnc.5281</a>
  apa: Ober-Blöbaum, S., &#38; Peitz, S. (2021). Explicit multiobjective model predictive
    control for nonlinear systems  with symmetries. <i>International Journal of Robust
    and Nonlinear Control</i>, <i>31(2)</i>, 380–403. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.5281">https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.5281</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Ober-Blöbaum_Peitz_2021, title={Explicit multiobjective model
    predictive control for nonlinear systems  with symmetries}, volume={31(2)}, DOI={<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.5281">10.1002/rnc.5281</a>}, journal={International
    Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control}, author={Ober-Blöbaum, Sina and Peitz,
    Sebastian}, year={2021}, pages={380–403} }'
  chicago: 'Ober-Blöbaum, Sina, and Sebastian Peitz. “Explicit Multiobjective Model
    Predictive Control for Nonlinear Systems  with Symmetries.” <i>International Journal
    of Robust and Nonlinear Control</i> 31(2) (2021): 380–403. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.5281">https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.5281</a>.'
  ieee: 'S. Ober-Blöbaum and S. Peitz, “Explicit multiobjective model predictive control
    for nonlinear systems  with symmetries,” <i>International Journal of Robust and
    Nonlinear Control</i>, vol. 31(2), pp. 380–403, 2021, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.5281">10.1002/rnc.5281</a>.'
  mla: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina, and Sebastian Peitz. “Explicit Multiobjective Model Predictive
    Control for Nonlinear Systems  with Symmetries.” <i>International Journal of Robust
    and Nonlinear Control</i>, vol. 31(2), 2021, pp. 380–403, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.5281">10.1002/rnc.5281</a>.
  short: S. Ober-Blöbaum, S. Peitz, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear
    Control 31(2) (2021) 380–403.
date_created: 2020-03-13T12:44:36Z
date_updated: 2022-01-24T13:27:50Z
department:
- _id: '101'
doi: 10.1002/rnc.5281
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/rnc.5281
oa: '1'
page: 380-403
project:
- _id: '52'
  name: Computing Resources Provided by the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing
publication: International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control
status: public
title: Explicit multiobjective model predictive control for nonlinear systems  with
  symmetries
type: journal_article
user_id: '15694'
volume: 31(2)
year: '2021'
...
---
_id: '22894'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "The first order optimality conditions of optimal control problems (OCPs)
    can\r\nbe regarded as boundary value problems for Hamiltonian systems. Variational
    or\r\nsymplectic discretisation methods are classically known for their excellent\r\nlong
    term behaviour. As boundary value problems are posed on intervals of\r\nfixed,
    moderate length, it is not immediately clear whether methods can profit\r\nfrom
    structure preservation in this context. When parameters are present,\r\nsolutions
    can undergo bifurcations, for instance, two solutions can merge and\r\nannihilate
    one another as parameters are varied. We will show that generic\r\nbifurcations
    of an OCP are preserved under discretisation when the OCP is\r\neither directly
    discretised to a discrete OCP (direct method) or translated\r\ninto a Hamiltonian
    boundary value problem using first order necessary\r\nconditions of optimality
    which is then solved using a symplectic integrator\r\n(indirect method). Moreover,
    certain bifurcations break when a non-symplectic\r\nscheme is used. The general
    phenomenon is illustrated on the example of a cut\r\nlocus of an ellipsoid."
author:
- first_name: Christian
  full_name: Offen, Christian
  id: '85279'
  last_name: Offen
  orcid: 0000-0002-5940-8057
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
citation:
  ama: Offen C, Ober-Blöbaum S. Bifurcation preserving discretisations of optimal
    control problems. 2021;54(19):334-339. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.11.099">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.11.099</a>
  apa: 'Offen, C., &#38; Ober-Blöbaum, S. (2021). <i>Bifurcation preserving discretisations
    of optimal control problems: Vol. 54(19)</i> (pp. 334–339). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.11.099">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.11.099</a>'
  bibtex: '@article{Offen_Ober-Blöbaum_2021, series={IFAC-PapersOnLine}, title={Bifurcation
    preserving discretisations of optimal control problems}, volume={54(19)}, DOI={<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.11.099">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.11.099</a>},
    author={Offen, Christian and Ober-Blöbaum, Sina}, year={2021}, pages={334–339},
    collection={IFAC-PapersOnLine} }'
  chicago: Offen, Christian, and Sina Ober-Blöbaum. “Bifurcation Preserving Discretisations
    of Optimal Control Problems.” IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2021. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.11.099">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.11.099</a>.
  ieee: 'C. Offen and S. Ober-Blöbaum, “Bifurcation preserving discretisations of
    optimal control problems,” vol. 54(19). pp. 334–339, 2021, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.11.099">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.11.099</a>.'
  mla: Offen, Christian, and Sina Ober-Blöbaum. <i>Bifurcation Preserving Discretisations
    of Optimal Control Problems</i>. 2021, pp. 334–39, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.11.099">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.11.099</a>.
  short: C. Offen, S. Ober-Blöbaum, 54(19) (2021) 334–339.
conference:
  end_date: 2021-10-13
  location: Berlin, Germany
  name: 7th IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control,
    LHMNC 2021
  start_date: 2021-10-11
date_created: 2021-07-29T09:38:32Z
date_updated: 2023-11-29T10:19:41Z
ddc:
- '510'
department:
- _id: '636'
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2021.11.099
external_id:
  arxiv:
  - '2107.13853'
file:
- access_level: open_access
  content_type: application/pdf
  creator: coffen
  date_created: 2021-07-29T09:37:49Z
  date_updated: 2021-07-29T09:37:49Z
  file_id: '22895'
  file_name: ifacconf.pdf
  file_size: 3125220
  relation: main_file
file_date_updated: 2021-07-29T09:37:49Z
has_accepted_license: '1'
keyword:
- optimal control
- catastrophe theory
- bifurcations
- variational methods
- symplectic integrators
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405896321021236
oa: '1'
page: 334-339
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2405-8963
publication_status: published
quality_controlled: '1'
related_material:
  link:
  - description: GitHub/Zenodo
    relation: software
    url: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4562664
series_title: IFAC-PapersOnLine
status: public
title: Bifurcation preserving discretisations of optimal control problems
type: conference
user_id: '15694'
volume: 54(19)
year: '2021'
...
---
_id: '21572'
author:
- first_name: Steffen
  full_name: Ridderbusch, Steffen
  last_name: Ridderbusch
- first_name: Christian
  full_name: Offen, Christian
  id: '85279'
  last_name: Offen
  orcid: 0000-0002-5940-8057
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
- first_name: Paul
  full_name: Goulart, Paul
  last_name: Goulart
citation:
  ama: 'Ridderbusch S, Offen C, Ober-Blöbaum S, Goulart P. Learning ODE Models with
    Qualitative Structure Using Gaussian Processes . In: <i>2021 60th IEEE Conference
    on Decision and Control (CDC)</i>. IEEE; 2021:2896. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683426">10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683426</a>'
  apa: Ridderbusch, S., Offen, C., Ober-Blöbaum, S., &#38; Goulart, P. (2021). Learning
    ODE Models with Qualitative Structure Using Gaussian Processes . <i>2021 60th
    IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)</i>, 2896. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683426">https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683426</a>
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Ridderbusch_Offen_Ober-Blöbaum_Goulart_2021, title={Learning
    ODE Models with Qualitative Structure Using Gaussian Processes }, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683426">10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683426</a>},
    booktitle={2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)}, publisher={IEEE},
    author={Ridderbusch, Steffen and Offen, Christian and Ober-Blöbaum, Sina and Goulart,
    Paul}, year={2021}, pages={2896} }'
  chicago: Ridderbusch, Steffen, Christian Offen, Sina Ober-Blöbaum, and Paul Goulart.
    “Learning ODE Models with Qualitative Structure Using Gaussian Processes .” In
    <i>2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)</i>, 2896. IEEE, 2021.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683426">https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683426</a>.
  ieee: 'S. Ridderbusch, C. Offen, S. Ober-Blöbaum, and P. Goulart, “Learning ODE
    Models with Qualitative Structure Using Gaussian Processes ,” in <i>2021 60th
    IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)</i>, Austin, TX, USA, 2021, p. 2896,
    doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683426">10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683426</a>.'
  mla: Ridderbusch, Steffen, et al. “Learning ODE Models with Qualitative Structure
    Using Gaussian Processes .” <i>2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
    (CDC)</i>, IEEE, 2021, p. 2896, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683426">10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683426</a>.
  short: 'S. Ridderbusch, C. Offen, S. Ober-Blöbaum, P. Goulart, in: 2021 60th IEEE
    Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), IEEE, 2021, p. 2896.'
conference:
  end_date: 2021-12-17
  location: Austin, TX, USA
  name: 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)
  start_date: 2021-12-14
date_created: 2021-03-30T10:27:44Z
date_updated: 2023-11-29T10:24:55Z
department:
- _id: '636'
doi: 10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683426
external_id:
  arxiv:
  - '2011.05364'
language:
- iso: eng
page: '2896'
publication: 2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)
publication_identifier:
  eisbn:
  - 978-1-6654-3659-5
publication_status: published
publisher: IEEE
related_material:
  link:
  - description: GitHub
    relation: software
    url: https://github.com/Crown421/StructureGPs-paper
status: public
title: 'Learning ODE Models with Qualitative Structure Using Gaussian Processes '
type: conference
user_id: '15694'
year: '2021'
...
---
_id: '21592'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: We propose a reachability approach for infinite and finite horizon multi-objective
    optimization problems for low-thrust spacecraft trajectory design. The main advantage
    of the proposed method is that the Pareto front can be efficiently constructed
    from the zero level set of the solution to a Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation.
    We demonstrate the proposed method by applying it to a low-thrust spacecraft trajectory
    design problem. By deriving the analytic expression for the Hamiltonian and the
    optimal control policy, we are able to efficiently compute the backward reachable
    set and reconstruct the optimal trajectories. Furthermore, we show that any reconstructed
    trajectory will be guaranteed to be weakly Pareto optimal. The proposed method
    can be used as a benchmark for future research of applying reachability analysis
    to low-thrust spacecraft trajectory design.
author:
- first_name: Nikolaus
  full_name: Vertovec, Nikolaus
  id: '87056'
  last_name: Vertovec
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
- first_name: Kostas
  full_name: Margellos, Kostas
  last_name: Margellos
citation:
  ama: 'Vertovec N, Ober-Blöbaum S, Margellos K. Multi-objective minimum time optimal
    control for low-thrust trajectory design. In: ; :1975-1980.'
  apa: Vertovec, N., Ober-Blöbaum, S., &#38; Margellos, K. (n.d.). <i>Multi-objective
    minimum time optimal control for low-thrust trajectory design</i>. 1975–1980.
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Vertovec_Ober-Blöbaum_Margellos, title={Multi-objective
    minimum time optimal control for low-thrust trajectory design}, author={Vertovec,
    Nikolaus and Ober-Blöbaum, Sina and Margellos, Kostas}, pages={1975–1980} }'
  chicago: Vertovec, Nikolaus, Sina Ober-Blöbaum, and Kostas Margellos. “Multi-Objective
    Minimum Time Optimal Control for Low-Thrust Trajectory Design,” 1975–80, n.d.
  ieee: N. Vertovec, S. Ober-Blöbaum, and K. Margellos, “Multi-objective minimum time
    optimal control for low-thrust trajectory design,” Rotterdam, the Netherlands,
    pp. 1975–1980.
  mla: Vertovec, Nikolaus, et al. <i>Multi-Objective Minimum Time Optimal Control
    for Low-Thrust Trajectory Design</i>. pp. 1975–80.
  short: 'N. Vertovec, S. Ober-Blöbaum, K. Margellos, in: n.d., pp. 1975–1980.'
conference:
  end_date: 2021-07-02
  location: Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  name: 2021 European Control Conference (ECC)
  start_date: 2021-06-29
date_created: 2021-04-03T03:00:35Z
date_updated: 2023-11-29T10:26:49Z
department:
- _id: '636'
external_id:
  arxiv:
  - '2103.08813'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 1975-1980
publication_status: accepted
status: public
title: Multi-objective minimum time optimal control for low-thrust trajectory design
type: conference
user_id: '15694'
year: '2021'
...
---
_id: '29868'
author:
- first_name: F.
  full_name: Jiménez, F.
  last_name: Jiménez
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
citation:
  ama: 'Jiménez F, Ober-Blöbaum S. Fractional Damping Through Restricted Calculus
    of Variations. In: <i>Nichtlineare Sci 31</i>. Vol 46. J Nonlinear Sci . ; 2021.'
  apa: Jiménez, F., &#38; Ober-Blöbaum, S. (2021). Fractional Damping Through Restricted
    Calculus of Variations. <i>Nichtlineare Sci 31</i>, <i>46</i>.
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Jiménez_Ober-Blöbaum_2021, series={J Nonlinear Sci }, title={Fractional
    Damping Through Restricted Calculus of Variations}, volume={46}, booktitle={Nichtlineare
    Sci 31}, author={Jiménez, F. and Ober-Blöbaum, Sina}, year={2021}, collection={J
    Nonlinear Sci } }'
  chicago: Jiménez, F., and Sina Ober-Blöbaum. “Fractional Damping Through Restricted
    Calculus of Variations.” In <i>Nichtlineare Sci 31</i>, Vol. 46. J Nonlinear Sci
    , 2021.
  ieee: F. Jiménez and S. Ober-Blöbaum, “Fractional Damping Through Restricted Calculus
    of Variations,” in <i>Nichtlineare Sci 31</i>, 2021, vol. 46.
  mla: Jiménez, F., and Sina Ober-Blöbaum. “Fractional Damping Through Restricted
    Calculus of Variations.” <i>Nichtlineare Sci 31</i>, vol. 46, 2021.
  short: 'F. Jiménez, S. Ober-Blöbaum, in: Nichtlineare Sci 31, 2021.'
date_created: 2022-02-17T07:28:47Z
date_updated: 2023-11-29T10:23:46Z
department:
- _id: '636'
intvolume: '        46'
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Nichtlineare Sci 31
series_title: 'J Nonlinear Sci '
status: public
title: Fractional Damping Through Restricted Calculus of Variations
type: conference
user_id: '15694'
volume: 46
year: '2021'
...
---
_id: '47146'
author:
- first_name: Y.
  full_name: Lishkova, Y.
  last_name: Lishkova
- first_name: M.
  full_name: Cannon, M.
  last_name: Cannon
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
citation:
  ama: 'Lishkova Y, Cannon M, Ober-Blöbaum S. A multirate variational approach to
    Nonlinear MPC. In: European Control Conference (ECC), IEEE; 2021.'
  apa: Lishkova, Y., Cannon, M., &#38; Ober-Blöbaum, S. (2021). <i>A multirate variational
    approach to Nonlinear MPC</i>.
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Lishkova_Cannon_Ober-Blöbaum_2021, title={A multirate variational
    approach to Nonlinear MPC}, publisher={European Control Conference (ECC), IEEE},
    author={Lishkova, Y. and Cannon, M. and Ober-Blöbaum, Sina}, year={2021} }'
  chicago: Lishkova, Y., M. Cannon, and Sina Ober-Blöbaum. “A Multirate Variational
    Approach to Nonlinear MPC.” European Control Conference (ECC), IEEE, 2021.
  ieee: Y. Lishkova, M. Cannon, and S. Ober-Blöbaum, “A multirate variational approach
    to Nonlinear MPC,” 2021.
  mla: Lishkova, Y., et al. <i>A Multirate Variational Approach to Nonlinear MPC</i>.
    European Control Conference (ECC), IEEE, 2021.
  short: 'Y. Lishkova, M. Cannon, S. Ober-Blöbaum, in: European Control Conference
    (ECC), IEEE, 2021.'
date_created: 2023-09-21T07:14:57Z
date_updated: 2023-09-21T07:27:30Z
language:
- iso: eng
publisher: European Control Conference (ECC), IEEE
status: public
title: A multirate variational approach to Nonlinear MPC
type: conference
user_id: '15694'
year: '2021'
...
---
_id: '29399'
author:
- first_name: D. J. N.
  full_name: Limebeer, D. J. N.
  last_name: Limebeer
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
- first_name: F. H.
  full_name: Farshi, F. H.
  last_name: Farshi
citation:
  ama: Limebeer DJN, Ober-Blöbaum S, Farshi FH. Variational integrators for dissipative
    systems. <i>IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control</i>. 2020;65(4):1381-1396.
  apa: Limebeer, D. J. N., Ober-Blöbaum, S., &#38; Farshi, F. H. (2020). Variational
    integrators for dissipative systems. <i>IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control</i>,
    <i>65(4)</i>, 1381–1396.
  bibtex: '@article{Limebeer_Ober-Blöbaum_Farshi_2020, title={Variational integrators
    for dissipative systems}, volume={65(4)}, journal={IEEE Transactions on Automatic
    Control}, author={Limebeer, D. J. N. and Ober-Blöbaum, Sina and Farshi, F. H.},
    year={2020}, pages={1381–1396} }'
  chicago: 'Limebeer, D. J. N., Sina Ober-Blöbaum, and F. H. Farshi. “Variational
    Integrators for Dissipative Systems.” <i>IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control</i>
    65(4) (2020): 1381–96.'
  ieee: D. J. N. Limebeer, S. Ober-Blöbaum, and F. H. Farshi, “Variational integrators
    for dissipative systems,” <i>IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control</i>, vol.
    65(4), pp. 1381–1396, 2020.
  mla: Limebeer, D. J. N., et al. “Variational Integrators for Dissipative Systems.”
    <i>IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control</i>, vol. 65(4), 2020, pp. 1381–96.
  short: D.J.N. Limebeer, S. Ober-Blöbaum, F.H. Farshi, IEEE Transactions on Automatic
    Control 65(4) (2020) 1381–1396.
date_created: 2022-01-18T11:17:25Z
date_updated: 2022-01-21T08:26:46Z
department:
- _id: '636'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 1381-1396
publication: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
status: public
title: Variational integrators for dissipative systems
type: journal_article
user_id: '15694'
volume: 65(4)
year: '2020'
...
---
_id: '16297'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: "In real-world problems, uncertainties (e.g., errors in the measurement,\r\nprecision
    errors) often lead to poor performance of numerical algorithms when\r\nnot explicitly
    taken into account. This is also the case for control problems,\r\nwhere optimal
    solutions can degrade in quality or even become infeasible. Thus,\r\nthere is
    the need to design methods that can handle uncertainty. In this work,\r\nwe consider
    nonlinear multi-objective optimal control problems with uncertainty\r\non the
    initial conditions, and in particular their incorporation into a\r\nfeedback loop
    via model predictive control (MPC). In multi-objective optimal\r\ncontrol, an
    optimal compromise between multiple conflicting criteria has to be\r\nfound. For
    such problems, not much has been reported in terms of uncertainties.\r\nTo address
    this problem class, we design an offline/online framework to compute\r\nan approximation
    of efficient control strategies. This approach is closely\r\nrelated to explicit
    MPC for nonlinear systems, where the potentially expensive\r\noptimization problem
    is solved in an offline phase in order to enable fast\r\nsolutions in the online
    phase. In order to reduce the numerical cost of the\r\noffline phase, we exploit
    symmetries in the control problems. Furthermore, in\r\norder to ensure optimality
    of the solutions, we include an additional online\r\noptimization step, which
    is considerably cheaper than the original\r\nmulti-objective optimization problem.
    We test our framework on a car\r\nmaneuvering problem where safety and speed are
    the objectives. The\r\nmulti-objective framework allows for online adaptations
    of the desired\r\nobjective. Alternatively, an automatic scalarizing procedure
    yields very\r\nefficient feedback controls. Our results show that the method is
    capable of\r\ndesigning driving strategies that deal better with uncertainties
    in the initial\r\nconditions, which translates into potentially safer and faster
    driving\r\nstrategies."
author:
- first_name: Carlos Ignacio
  full_name: Hernández Castellanos, Carlos Ignacio
  last_name: Hernández Castellanos
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
- first_name: Sebastian
  full_name: Peitz, Sebastian
  id: '47427'
  last_name: Peitz
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-793X
citation:
  ama: Hernández Castellanos CI, Ober-Blöbaum S, Peitz S. Explicit Multi-objective
    Model Predictive Control for Nonlinear Systems  Under Uncertainty. <i>International
    Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control</i>. 2020;30(17):7593-7618. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.5197">10.1002/rnc.5197</a>
  apa: Hernández Castellanos, C. I., Ober-Blöbaum, S., &#38; Peitz, S. (2020). Explicit
    Multi-objective Model Predictive Control for Nonlinear Systems  Under Uncertainty.
    <i>International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control</i>, <i>30(17)</i>, 7593–7618.
    <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.5197">https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.5197</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Hernández Castellanos_Ober-Blöbaum_Peitz_2020, title={Explicit
    Multi-objective Model Predictive Control for Nonlinear Systems  Under Uncertainty},
    volume={30(17)}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.5197">10.1002/rnc.5197</a>},
    journal={International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control}, author={Hernández
    Castellanos, Carlos Ignacio and Ober-Blöbaum, Sina and Peitz, Sebastian}, year={2020},
    pages={7593–7618} }'
  chicago: 'Hernández Castellanos, Carlos Ignacio, Sina Ober-Blöbaum, and Sebastian
    Peitz. “Explicit Multi-Objective Model Predictive Control for Nonlinear Systems 
    Under Uncertainty.” <i>International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control</i>
    30(17) (2020): 7593–7618. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.5197">https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.5197</a>.'
  ieee: 'C. I. Hernández Castellanos, S. Ober-Blöbaum, and S. Peitz, “Explicit Multi-objective
    Model Predictive Control for Nonlinear Systems  Under Uncertainty,” <i>International
    Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control</i>, vol. 30(17), pp. 7593–7618, 2020,
    doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.5197">10.1002/rnc.5197</a>.'
  mla: Hernández Castellanos, Carlos Ignacio, et al. “Explicit Multi-Objective Model
    Predictive Control for Nonlinear Systems  Under Uncertainty.” <i>International
    Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control</i>, vol. 30(17), 2020, pp. 7593–618,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/rnc.5197">10.1002/rnc.5197</a>.
  short: C.I. Hernández Castellanos, S. Ober-Blöbaum, S. Peitz, International Journal
    of Robust and Nonlinear Control 30(17) (2020) 7593–7618.
date_created: 2020-03-13T12:45:56Z
date_updated: 2022-01-21T09:55:39Z
department:
- _id: '101'
doi: 10.1002/rnc.5197
language:
- iso: eng
page: 7593-7618
publication: International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control
status: public
title: Explicit Multi-objective Model Predictive Control for Nonlinear Systems  Under
  Uncertainty
type: journal_article
user_id: '15694'
volume: 30(17)
year: '2020'
...
---
_id: '29398'
author:
- first_name: C. I. O.
  full_name: Hernández Castellanos, C. I. O.
  last_name: Hernández Castellanos
- first_name: G.
  full_name: Schütze, G.
  last_name: Schütze
- first_name: J.-Q.
  full_name: Sun, J.-Q.
  last_name: Sun
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
- first_name: G.
  full_name: Morales-Luna, G.
  last_name: Morales-Luna
citation:
  ama: Hernández Castellanos CIO, Schütze G, Sun J-Q, Ober-Blöbaum S, Morales-Luna
    G. Numerical computation of lightly multi-objective robust optimal solutions by
    means of generalized cell mapping. <i>Mathematics</i>. 2020;8(11):1959.
  apa: Hernández Castellanos, C. I. O., Schütze, G., Sun, J.-Q., Ober-Blöbaum, S.,
    &#38; Morales-Luna, G. (2020). Numerical computation of lightly multi-objective
    robust optimal solutions by means of generalized cell mapping. <i>Mathematics</i>,
    <i>8(11):1959</i>.
  bibtex: '@article{Hernández Castellanos_Schütze_Sun_Ober-Blöbaum_Morales-Luna_2020,
    title={Numerical computation of lightly multi-objective robust optimal solutions
    by means of generalized cell mapping}, volume={8(11):1959}, journal={Mathematics},
    author={Hernández Castellanos, C. I. O. and Schütze, G. and Sun, J.-Q. and Ober-Blöbaum,
    Sina and Morales-Luna, G.}, year={2020} }'
  chicago: Hernández Castellanos, C. I. O., G. Schütze, J.-Q. Sun, Sina Ober-Blöbaum,
    and G. Morales-Luna. “Numerical Computation of Lightly Multi-Objective Robust
    Optimal Solutions by Means of Generalized Cell Mapping.” <i>Mathematics</i> 8(11):1959
    (2020).
  ieee: C. I. O. Hernández Castellanos, G. Schütze, J.-Q. Sun, S. Ober-Blöbaum, and
    G. Morales-Luna, “Numerical computation of lightly multi-objective robust optimal
    solutions by means of generalized cell mapping,” <i>Mathematics</i>, vol. 8(11):1959,
    2020.
  mla: Hernández Castellanos, C. I. O., et al. “Numerical Computation of Lightly Multi-Objective
    Robust Optimal Solutions by Means of Generalized Cell Mapping.” <i>Mathematics</i>,
    vol. 8(11):1959, 2020.
  short: C.I.O. Hernández Castellanos, G. Schütze, J.-Q. Sun, S. Ober-Blöbaum, G.
    Morales-Luna, Mathematics 8(11):1959 (2020).
date_created: 2022-01-18T11:08:28Z
date_updated: 2022-01-21T09:57:35Z
department:
- _id: '636'
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Mathematics
status: public
title: Numerical computation of lightly multi-objective robust optimal solutions by
  means of generalized cell mapping
type: journal_article
user_id: '15694'
volume: 8(11):1959
year: '2020'
...
---
_id: '29422'
author:
- first_name: Y.
  full_name: Lishkova, Y.
  last_name: Lishkova
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
- first_name: M.
  full_name: Cannon, M.
  last_name: Cannon
- first_name: S.
  full_name: Leyendecker, S.
  last_name: Leyendecker
citation:
  ama: 'Lishkova Y, Ober-Blöbaum S, Cannon M, Leyendecker S. A multirate variational
    approach to simulation and optimal control for flexible spacecraft. In: <i>Accepted
    for Publication in Proceedings of 2020 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
    - Lake Tahoe</i>. ; 2020.'
  apa: Lishkova, Y., Ober-Blöbaum, S., Cannon, M., &#38; Leyendecker, S. (2020). A
    multirate variational approach to simulation and optimal control for flexible
    spacecraft. <i>Accepted for Publication in Proceedings of 2020 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics
    Specialist Conference - Lake Tahoe</i>.
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Lishkova_Ober-Blöbaum_Cannon_Leyendecker_2020, title={A
    multirate variational approach to simulation and optimal control for flexible
    spacecraft}, booktitle={Accepted for publication in Proceedings of 2020 AAS/AIAA
    Astrodynamics Specialist Conference - Lake Tahoe}, author={Lishkova, Y. and Ober-Blöbaum,
    Sina and Cannon, M. and Leyendecker, S.}, year={2020} }'
  chicago: Lishkova, Y., Sina Ober-Blöbaum, M. Cannon, and S. Leyendecker. “A Multirate
    Variational Approach to Simulation and Optimal Control for Flexible Spacecraft.”
    In <i>Accepted for Publication in Proceedings of 2020 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist
    Conference - Lake Tahoe</i>, 2020.
  ieee: Y. Lishkova, S. Ober-Blöbaum, M. Cannon, and S. Leyendecker, “A multirate
    variational approach to simulation and optimal control for flexible spacecraft,”
    2020.
  mla: Lishkova, Y., et al. “A Multirate Variational Approach to Simulation and Optimal
    Control for Flexible Spacecraft.” <i>Accepted for Publication in Proceedings of
    2020 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference - Lake Tahoe</i>, 2020.
  short: 'Y. Lishkova, S. Ober-Blöbaum, M. Cannon, S. Leyendecker, in: Accepted for
    Publication in Proceedings of 2020 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
    - Lake Tahoe, 2020.'
date_created: 2022-01-18T14:37:53Z
date_updated: 2022-01-21T13:45:40Z
department:
- _id: '636'
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Accepted for publication in Proceedings of 2020 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics
  Specialist Conference - Lake Tahoe
status: public
title: A multirate variational approach to simulation and optimal control for flexible
  spacecraft
type: conference
user_id: '15694'
year: '2020'
...
---
_id: '29423'
author:
- first_name: T.
  full_name: Faulwasser, T.
  last_name: Faulwasser
- first_name: K.
  full_name: Flaßkamp, K.
  last_name: Flaßkamp
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
- first_name: 'K. '
  full_name: 'Worthmann, K. '
  last_name: Worthmann
citation:
  ama: 'Faulwasser T, Flaßkamp K, Ober-Blöbaum S, Worthmann K. A dissipativity characterization
    of velocity turnpikes in optimal control problems for mechanical systems. In:
    <i>24th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems</i>.
    ; 2020.'
  apa: Faulwasser, T., Flaßkamp, K., Ober-Blöbaum, S., &#38; Worthmann, K. (2020).
    A dissipativity characterization of velocity turnpikes in optimal control problems
    for mechanical systems. <i>24th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory
    of Networks and Systems</i>.
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Faulwasser_Flaßkamp_Ober-Blöbaum_Worthmann_2020, title={A
    dissipativity characterization of velocity turnpikes in optimal control problems
    for mechanical systems}, booktitle={24th International Symposium on Mathematical
    Theory of Networks and Systems}, author={Faulwasser, T. and Flaßkamp, K. and Ober-Blöbaum,
    Sina and Worthmann, K. }, year={2020} }'
  chicago: Faulwasser, T., K. Flaßkamp, Sina Ober-Blöbaum, and K.  Worthmann. “A Dissipativity
    Characterization of Velocity Turnpikes in Optimal Control Problems for Mechanical
    Systems.” In <i>24th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks
    and Systems</i>, 2020.
  ieee: T. Faulwasser, K. Flaßkamp, S. Ober-Blöbaum, and K. Worthmann, “A dissipativity
    characterization of velocity turnpikes in optimal control problems for mechanical
    systems,” 2020.
  mla: Faulwasser, T., et al. “A Dissipativity Characterization of Velocity Turnpikes
    in Optimal Control Problems for Mechanical Systems.” <i>24th International Symposium
    on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems</i>, 2020.
  short: 'T. Faulwasser, K. Flaßkamp, S. Ober-Blöbaum, K. Worthmann, in: 24th International
    Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, 2020.'
date_created: 2022-01-18T14:42:07Z
date_updated: 2022-01-21T13:46:57Z
department:
- _id: '636'
language:
- iso: eng
publication: 24th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems
status: public
title: A dissipativity characterization of velocity turnpikes in optimal control problems
  for mechanical systems
type: conference
user_id: '15694'
year: '2020'
...
---
_id: '29424'
author:
- first_name: 'J. '
  full_name: 'Cresson, J. '
  last_name: Cresson
- first_name: F.
  full_name: Jiménez, F.
  last_name: Jiménez
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
citation:
  ama: 'Cresson J, Jiménez F, Ober-Blöbaum S. Modelling of the convection-diffusion
    equation through fractional restricted calculus of variations. In: <i>24th International
    Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems</i>. ; 2020.'
  apa: Cresson, J., Jiménez, F., &#38; Ober-Blöbaum, S. (2020). Modelling of the convection-diffusion
    equation through fractional restricted calculus of variations. <i>24th International
    Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems</i>.
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Cresson_Jiménez_Ober-Blöbaum_2020, title={Modelling of the
    convection-diffusion equation through fractional restricted calculus of variations},
    booktitle={24th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and
    Systems}, author={Cresson, J.  and Jiménez, F. and Ober-Blöbaum, Sina}, year={2020}
    }'
  chicago: Cresson, J. , F. Jiménez, and Sina Ober-Blöbaum. “Modelling of the Convection-Diffusion
    Equation through Fractional Restricted Calculus of Variations.” In <i>24th International
    Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems</i>, 2020.
  ieee: J. Cresson, F. Jiménez, and S. Ober-Blöbaum, “Modelling of the convection-diffusion
    equation through fractional restricted calculus of variations,” 2020.
  mla: Cresson, J., et al. “Modelling of the Convection-Diffusion Equation through
    Fractional Restricted Calculus of Variations.” <i>24th International Symposium
    on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems</i>, 2020.
  short: 'J. Cresson, F. Jiménez, S. Ober-Blöbaum, in: 24th International Symposium
    on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, 2020.'
date_created: 2022-01-18T14:45:22Z
date_updated: 2022-01-21T13:47:49Z
department:
- _id: '636'
language:
- iso: eng
publication: 24th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems
status: public
title: Modelling of the convection-diffusion equation through fractional restricted
  calculus of variations
type: conference
user_id: '15694'
year: '2020'
...
---
_id: '29413'
author:
- first_name: K.
  full_name: Flaßkamp, K.
  last_name: Flaßkamp
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
- first_name: 'S. '
  full_name: 'Peitz, S. '
  last_name: Peitz
citation:
  ama: 'Flaßkamp K, Ober-Blöbaum S, Peitz S. Symmetry in optimal control: A multiobjective
    model predictive control approach. In: Junge O, Schütze O, Froyland G, Ober-Blöbaum
    S, Padberg-Gehle K, eds. <i>Advances in Dynamics, Optimization and Computation</i>.
    Springer International Publishing; 2020:209-237.'
  apa: 'Flaßkamp, K., Ober-Blöbaum, S., &#38; Peitz, S. (2020). Symmetry in optimal
    control: A multiobjective model predictive control approach. In O. Junge, O. Schütze,
    G. Froyland, S. Ober-Blöbaum, &#38; K. Padberg-Gehle (Eds.), <i>Advances in Dynamics,
    Optimization and Computation</i> (pp. 209–237). Springer International Publishing.'
  bibtex: '@inbook{Flaßkamp_Ober-Blöbaum_Peitz_2020, place={Cham}, title={Symmetry
    in optimal control: A multiobjective model predictive control approach}, booktitle={Advances
    in Dynamics, Optimization and Computation}, publisher={Springer International
    Publishing}, author={Flaßkamp, K. and Ober-Blöbaum, Sina and Peitz, S. }, editor={Junge,
    Oliver and Schütze, Oliver and Froyland, Gary and Ober-Blöbaum, Sina and Padberg-Gehle,
    Kathrin}, year={2020}, pages={209–237} }'
  chicago: 'Flaßkamp, K., Sina Ober-Blöbaum, and S.  Peitz. “Symmetry in Optimal Control:
    A Multiobjective Model Predictive Control Approach.” In <i>Advances in Dynamics,
    Optimization and Computation</i>, edited by Oliver Junge, Oliver Schütze, Gary
    Froyland, Sina Ober-Blöbaum, and Kathrin Padberg-Gehle, 209–37. Cham: Springer
    International Publishing, 2020.'
  ieee: 'K. Flaßkamp, S. Ober-Blöbaum, and S. Peitz, “Symmetry in optimal control:
    A multiobjective model predictive control approach,” in <i>Advances in Dynamics,
    Optimization and Computation</i>, O. Junge, O. Schütze, G. Froyland, S. Ober-Blöbaum,
    and K. Padberg-Gehle, Eds. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2020, pp.
    209–237.'
  mla: 'Flaßkamp, K., et al. “Symmetry in Optimal Control: A Multiobjective Model
    Predictive Control Approach.” <i>Advances in Dynamics, Optimization and Computation</i>,
    edited by Oliver Junge et al., Springer International Publishing, 2020, pp. 209–37.'
  short: 'K. Flaßkamp, S. Ober-Blöbaum, S. Peitz, in: O. Junge, O. Schütze, G. Froyland,
    S. Ober-Blöbaum, K. Padberg-Gehle (Eds.), Advances in Dynamics, Optimization and
    Computation, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2020, pp. 209–237.'
date_created: 2022-01-18T12:58:18Z
date_updated: 2023-11-08T08:15:14Z
department:
- _id: '636'
editor:
- first_name: Oliver
  full_name: Junge, Oliver
  last_name: Junge
- first_name: Oliver
  full_name: Schütze, Oliver
  last_name: Schütze
- first_name: Gary
  full_name: Froyland, Gary
  last_name: Froyland
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
- first_name: Kathrin
  full_name: Padberg-Gehle, Kathrin
  last_name: Padberg-Gehle
language:
- iso: eng
page: 209-237
place: Cham
publication: Advances in Dynamics, Optimization and Computation
publisher: Springer International Publishing
status: public
title: 'Symmetry in optimal control: A multiobjective model predictive control approach'
type: book_chapter
user_id: '15694'
year: '2020'
...
---
_id: '19993'
author:
- first_name: Kathrin
  full_name: Flaßkamp, Kathrin
  last_name: Flaßkamp
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
- first_name: Karl
  full_name: Worthmann, Karl
  last_name: Worthmann
citation:
  ama: Flaßkamp K, Ober-Blöbaum S, Worthmann K. Symmetry and motion primitives in
    model predictive control. <i>MCSS</i>. 2019;31:455-485.
  apa: Flaßkamp, K., Ober-Blöbaum, S., &#38; Worthmann, K. (2019). Symmetry and motion
    primitives in model predictive control. <i>MCSS</i>, <i>31</i>, 455–485.
  bibtex: '@article{Flaßkamp_Ober-Blöbaum_Worthmann_2019, title={Symmetry and motion
    primitives in model predictive control}, volume={31}, journal={MCSS}, author={Flaßkamp,
    Kathrin and Ober-Blöbaum, Sina and Worthmann, Karl}, year={2019}, pages={455–485}
    }'
  chicago: 'Flaßkamp, Kathrin, Sina Ober-Blöbaum, and Karl Worthmann. “Symmetry and
    Motion Primitives in Model Predictive Control.” <i>MCSS</i> 31 (2019): 455–85.'
  ieee: K. Flaßkamp, S. Ober-Blöbaum, and K. Worthmann, “Symmetry and motion primitives
    in model predictive control,” <i>MCSS</i>, vol. 31, pp. 455–485, 2019.
  mla: Flaßkamp, Kathrin, et al. “Symmetry and Motion Primitives in Model Predictive
    Control.” <i>MCSS</i>, vol. 31, 2019, pp. 455–85.
  short: K. Flaßkamp, S. Ober-Blöbaum, K. Worthmann, MCSS 31 (2019) 455–485.
date_created: 2020-10-13T18:37:24Z
date_updated: 2022-01-21T10:14:19Z
intvolume: '        31'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 455-485
publication: MCSS
status: public
title: Symmetry and motion primitives in model predictive control
type: journal_article
user_id: '15694'
volume: 31
year: '2019'
...
---
_id: '29867'
author:
- first_name: Tim
  full_name: Faulwasser, Tim
  last_name: Faulwasser
- first_name: K.
  full_name: Flaßkamp, K.
  last_name: Flaßkamp
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
- first_name: Karl
  full_name: Worthmann, Karl
  last_name: Worthmann
citation:
  ama: 'Faulwasser T, Flaßkamp K, Ober-Blöbaum S, Worthmann K. Towards velocity turnpikes
    in optimal control of mechanical systems. In: IFAC-PapersOnLine, ed. Vol 52(16).
    ; 2019:490-495.'
  apa: 'Faulwasser, T., Flaßkamp, K., Ober-Blöbaum, S., &#38; Worthmann, K. (2019).
    <i>Towards velocity turnpikes in optimal control of mechanical systems: Vol. 52(16)</i>
    (IFAC-PapersOnLine, Ed.; pp. 490–495).'
  bibtex: '@inproceedings{Faulwasser_Flaßkamp_Ober-Blöbaum_Worthmann_2019, title={Towards
    velocity turnpikes in optimal control of mechanical systems}, volume={52(16)},
    author={Faulwasser, Tim and Flaßkamp, K. and Ober-Blöbaum, Sina and Worthmann,
    Karl}, editor={IFAC-PapersOnLine}, year={2019}, pages={490–495} }'
  chicago: Faulwasser, Tim, K. Flaßkamp, Sina Ober-Blöbaum, and Karl Worthmann. “Towards
    Velocity Turnpikes in Optimal Control of Mechanical Systems.” edited by IFAC-PapersOnLine,
    52(16):490–95, 2019.
  ieee: T. Faulwasser, K. Flaßkamp, S. Ober-Blöbaum, and K. Worthmann, “Towards velocity
    turnpikes in optimal control of mechanical systems,” 2019, vol. 52(16), pp. 490–495.
  mla: Faulwasser, Tim, et al. <i>Towards Velocity Turnpikes in Optimal Control of
    Mechanical Systems</i>. Edited by IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol. 52(16), 2019, pp. 490–95.
  short: 'T. Faulwasser, K. Flaßkamp, S. Ober-Blöbaum, K. Worthmann, in: IFAC-PapersOnLine
    (Ed.), 2019, pp. 490–495.'
corporate_editor:
- IFAC-PapersOnLine
date_created: 2022-02-17T07:23:52Z
date_updated: 2023-11-08T08:09:01Z
department:
- _id: '636'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 490-495
status: public
title: Towards velocity turnpikes in optimal control of mechanical systems
type: conference
user_id: '15694'
volume: 52(16)
year: '2019'
...
---
_id: '8753'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: In a wide range of applications it is desirable to optimally control a dynamical
    system with respect to concurrent, potentially competing goals. This gives rise
    to a multiobjective optimal control problem where, instead of computing a single
    optimal solution, the set of optimal compromises, the so-called Pareto set, has
    to be approximated. When the problem under consideration is described by a partial
    differential equation (PDE), as is the case for fluid flow, the computational
    cost rapidly increases and makes its direct treatment infeasible. Reduced order
    modeling is a very popular method to reduce the computational cost, in particular
    in a multi query context such as uncertainty quantification, parameter estimation
    or optimization. In this article, we show how to combine reduced order modeling
    and multiobjective optimal control techniques in order to efficiently solve multiobjective
    optimal control problems constrained by PDEs. We consider a global, derivative
    free optimization method as well as a local, gradient-based approach for which
    the optimality system is derived in two different ways. The methods are compared
    with regard to the solution quality as well as the computational effort and they
    are illustrated using the example of the flow around a cylinder and a backward-facing-step
    channel flow.
author:
- first_name: Sebastian
  full_name: Peitz, Sebastian
  id: '47427'
  last_name: Peitz
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3389-793X
- first_name: Sina
  full_name: Ober-Blöbaum, Sina
  id: '16494'
  last_name: Ober-Blöbaum
- first_name: Michael
  full_name: Dellnitz, Michael
  last_name: Dellnitz
citation:
  ama: Peitz S, Ober-Blöbaum S, Dellnitz M. Multiobjective Optimal Control Methods
    for the Navier-Stokes Equations Using Reduced Order Modeling. <i>Acta Applicandae
    Mathematicae</i>. 2018;161(1):171–199. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10440-018-0209-7">10.1007/s10440-018-0209-7</a>
  apa: Peitz, S., Ober-Blöbaum, S., &#38; Dellnitz, M. (2018). Multiobjective Optimal
    Control Methods for the Navier-Stokes Equations Using Reduced Order Modeling.
    <i>Acta Applicandae Mathematicae</i>, <i>161</i>(1), 171–199. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10440-018-0209-7">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10440-018-0209-7</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Peitz_Ober-Blöbaum_Dellnitz_2018, title={Multiobjective Optimal
    Control Methods for the Navier-Stokes Equations Using Reduced Order Modeling},
    volume={161}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10440-018-0209-7">10.1007/s10440-018-0209-7</a>},
    number={1}, journal={Acta Applicandae Mathematicae}, author={Peitz, Sebastian
    and Ober-Blöbaum, Sina and Dellnitz, Michael}, year={2018}, pages={171–199} }'
  chicago: 'Peitz, Sebastian, Sina Ober-Blöbaum, and Michael Dellnitz. “Multiobjective
    Optimal Control Methods for the Navier-Stokes Equations Using Reduced Order Modeling.”
    <i>Acta Applicandae Mathematicae</i> 161, no. 1 (2018): 171–199. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10440-018-0209-7">https://doi.org/10.1007/s10440-018-0209-7</a>.'
  ieee: 'S. Peitz, S. Ober-Blöbaum, and M. Dellnitz, “Multiobjective Optimal Control
    Methods for the Navier-Stokes Equations Using Reduced Order Modeling,” <i>Acta
    Applicandae Mathematicae</i>, vol. 161, no. 1, pp. 171–199, 2018, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10440-018-0209-7">10.1007/s10440-018-0209-7</a>.'
  mla: Peitz, Sebastian, et al. “Multiobjective Optimal Control Methods for the Navier-Stokes
    Equations Using Reduced Order Modeling.” <i>Acta Applicandae Mathematicae</i>,
    vol. 161, no. 1, 2018, pp. 171–199, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10440-018-0209-7">10.1007/s10440-018-0209-7</a>.
  short: S. Peitz, S. Ober-Blöbaum, M. Dellnitz, Acta Applicandae Mathematicae 161
    (2018) 171–199.
date_created: 2019-03-29T13:30:41Z
date_updated: 2022-01-21T10:01:41Z
department:
- _id: '101'
doi: 10.1007/s10440-018-0209-7
intvolume: '       161'
issue: '1'
language:
- iso: eng
page: 171–199
project:
- _id: '52'
  name: Computing Resources Provided by the Paderborn Center for Parallel Computing
publication: Acta Applicandae Mathematicae
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 0167-8019
  - 1572-9036
publication_status: published
status: public
title: Multiobjective Optimal Control Methods for the Navier-Stokes Equations Using
  Reduced Order Modeling
type: journal_article
user_id: '15694'
volume: 161
year: '2018'
...
