Approximating optimal feedback controllers of finite horizon control problems using hierarchical tensor formats

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DOI10.1137/21M1412190zbMATH Open1491.49021arXiv2104.06108OpenAlexW3156706052WikidataQ114074054 ScholiaQ114074054MaRDI QIDQ5084512FDOQ5084512


Authors: Mathias Oster, Leon Sallandt, Reinhold Schneider Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 24 June 2022

Published in: SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Controlling systems of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) is ubiquitous in science and engineering. For finding an optimal feedback controller, the value function and associated fundamental equations such as the Bellman equation and the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation are essential. The numerical treatment of these equations poses formidable challenges due to their non-linearity and their (possibly) high-dimensionality. In this paper we consider a finite horizon control system with associated Bellman equation. After a time-discretization, we obtain a sequence of short time horizon problems which we call local optimal control problems. For solving the local optimal control problems we apply two different methods, one being the well-known policy iteration, where a fixed-point iteration is required for every time step. The other algorithm borrows ideas from Model Predictive Control (MPC), by solving the local optimal control problem via open-loop control methods on a short time horizon, allowing us to replace the fixed-point iteration by an adjoint method. For high-dimensional systems we apply low rank hierarchical tensor product approximation/tree-based tensor formats, in particular tensor trains (TT tensors) and multi-polynomials, together with high-dimensional quadrature, e.g. Monte-Carlo. We prove a linear error propagation with respect to the time discretization and give numerical evidence by controlling a diffusion equation with unstable reaction term and an Allen-Kahn equation.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.06108




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