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SUMMARY:Computation-aware set-based analysis and control - Nikos Athanasop
 oulos\, Queen’s University Belfast
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CONTACT:Fulvio Forni
DESCRIPTION:Set-based methods are rich and versatile tools addressing chal
 lenges in analysis and decision problems in engineering related to\, for e
 xample\, safety\, stability\, robustness\, performance for dynamical syste
 ms. Nevertheless\, although the theory is general enough to apply in almos
 t every meaningful problem formulation\, a straightforward implementation 
 in analysis and control design inevitably hits computational complexity ba
 rriers.  After noting two main methods\, we present an alternative approac
 h of computing invariant sets from a computational geometry point of view\
 , changing the shape of polytopic invariant sets and preserve invariance a
 t the same time. The second part of the talk is focused on application-ori
 ented challenges eventually addressed by computing invariant sets and reac
 hability set sequences\, related to (i) robotics and autonomous agents (no
 nlinearities\, nonconvex constraints)\, (ii) scheduling and resource alloc
 ation of computing networks (large scale\, nonlinear systems) and (iii) cy
 bersecurity (temporal specifications and hybrid systems\, state-dependent 
 disturbances).\n\nThe seminar will be held in the LR3A \, Department of En
 gineering\, and online (zoom): https://newnham.zoom.us/j/92544958528?pwd=Y
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LOCATION:LR3A\, Department of Engineering and online (Zoom)
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