Title
Adjoint-based optimal control of the expected exit time for stochastic hybrid systems
Abstract
In this paper, we study the problem of controlling the expected exit time from a region for a class of stochastic hybrid systems. That is, we find the least costly feedback control for a stochastic hybrid system that can keep its state inside a prescribed region for at least an expected amount of time. The stochastic hybrid systems considered are quite general: the continuous dynamics are governed by stochastic differential equations, and the discrete mode evolves according to a continuous time Markov chain. Instead of adopting the usual Hamilton-Jacobi viewpoint, we study the problem directly by formulating it as a PDE constrained optimization problem, and propose a solution using adjoint-based gradient descent methods. Numerical results of the proposed approach are presented for several representative examples, and, for the simple case, compared with analytical results.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1007/978-3-540-31954-2_36
HSCC
Keywords
Field
DocType
adjoint-based gradient descent method,prescribed region,expected exit time,expected amount,adjoint-based optimal control,optimization problem,continuous dynamic,stochastic hybrid system,stochastic differential equation,analytical result,continuous time markov chain,optimal control,feedback control,gradient descent method
Gradient descent,Stochastic optimization,Mathematical optimization,Optimal control,Continuous-time Markov chain,Continuous-time stochastic process,Stochastic differential equation,Hybrid system,Mathematics,Stochastic control
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
3414
0302-9743
3-540-25108-1
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
0.69
4
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Robin L. Raffard1636.64
Jianghai Hu252064.76
Claire J. Tomlin31491158.05