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16.03.2018 -
Optimization based planning and feedback control: an on-going journey
Gabriele Pannocchia
Associated Professor,
Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering,
University of Pisa
Time & Place
The presentation on March 19, 2018 will be given at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Universitätsplatz 2, building 7 - room 208 and starts at 5 p.m..
Abstract
Optimization based strategies for planning and feedback control represent a general framework of numerical methods in which a (often deterministic) model of the system under consideration and its environment are exploited to achieve high-level goals (e.g., minimization of energy consumption, emission of pollutants, maximization of throughput, etc.) as well as more specific tasks (e.g. product quality control, robotic manipulation), while respecting a number of constraints arising from physical, safety or performance limits.
In this seminar, I review and analyze the main concepts, successes and ongoing challenges of optimization based methods, with a particular emphasis on how uncertainties can be dealt with effectively and efficiently using disturbance estimation techniques. During the seminar, I present several examples ranging from reaction processes to robotic systems.