Modeling of complex time-varying dynamical systems. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
* varying set points (e.g. in flight flutter dynamics),
* external influences causing system parameter variations (e.g. temperature changes, ...
The ever increasing desire of humans to automate tasks that are laborious and repetitive has made control systems prevalent in today's society. Applications are widespread in industry, transportation, agriculture and in the household.
Novel challenging control applications and the continual quest to improve efficiency, have led to the rise of advanced control methods relying on optimization, such as model predictive control (MPC). ...
Physical scientists use dynamical systems to model the ever-changing world we live in. Such systems are often complex, so mathematicians encode them in terms that are better understood: by representing them as collections of rigid transformations of infinite-dimensional spaces, called operator algebras, we can analyse the systems using functional analytic tools. My research deals with operator algebras known as C*-algebras.
Operator ...
Today’s industrial and automotive society have gained large interest in incorporating autonomous robotic systems, which interact directly with humans. For these systems, understanding the intentions of the humans is of critical importance to ensure efficient and safe control. Game theory provides sound theoretical frameworks for capturing human intention during motion planning, although most available algorithms cannot be shown to be globally ...