Title
Fixed-Endpoint Optimal Control of Bilinear Ensemble Systems
Abstract
Optimal control of bilinear systems has been a well-studied subject in the area of mathematical control. However, techniques for solving emerging optimal control problems involving an ensemble of structurally identical bilinear systems are underdeveloped. In this work, we develop an iterative method to effectively and systematically solve these challenging optimal ensemble control problems, in which the bilinear ensemble system is represented as a time-varying linear ensemble system at each iteration and the optimal ensemble control law is then obtained by the singular value expansion of the input-to-state operator that describes the dynamics of the linear ensemble system. We examine the convergence of the developed iterative procedure and pose optimality conditions for the convergent solution. We also provide examples of practical control designs in magnetic resonance to demonstrate the applicability and robustness of the developed iterative method.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1137/15M1044151
SIAM JOURNAL ON CONTROL AND OPTIMIZATION
Keywords
Field
DocType
ensemble control,iterative methods,sweep method,fixed-endpoint problems,bilinear systems,optimality conditions,magnetic resonance
Convergence (routing),Mathematical optimization,Singular value,Optimal control,Bilinear systems,Iterative method,Robustness (computer science),Operator (computer programming),Mathematics,Bilinear interpolation
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
55
5
0363-0129
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Shuo Wang130354.05
Shin Li Jr.211219.45