Intelligent Systems


2024


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Deep Backtracking Counterfactuals for Causally Compliant Explanations

Kladny, K., Kügelgen, J. V., Schölkopf, B., Muehlebach, M.

Transactions on Machine Learning Research, July 2024 (article)

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2024

arXiv link (url) [BibTex]


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Balancing a 3D Inverted Pendulum using Remote Magnetic Manipulation

Zughaibi, J., Nelson, B. J., Muehlebach, M.

Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024 (article) In revision

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Towards a systems theory of algorithms

Florian Dörfler, Zhiyu He, Giuseppe Belgioioso, Saverio Bolognani, John Lygeros, Michael Muehlebach

IEEE Control System Letters, 2024 (article)

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Gray-box nonlinear feedback optimization

He, Z., Bolognani, S., Muehlebach, M., Dörfler, F.

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2024 (article) Submitted

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Accelerated First-Order Optimization under Nonlinear Constraints

Muehlebach, M., Jordan, M. I.

Mathematical Programming, 2024 (article) Submitted

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Primal Methods for Variational Inequality Problems with Functional Constraints

Zhang, L., He, N., Muehlebach, M.

Mathematical Programming, 2024 (article) Submitted

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2022


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On Constraints in First-Order Optimization: A View from Non-Smooth Dynamical Systems

Muehlebach, M., Jordan, M. I.

Journal of Machine Learning Research, 23, 2022 (article)

Abstract
We introduce a class of first-order methods for smooth constrained optimization that are based on an analogy to non-smooth dynamical systems. Two distinctive features of our approach are that (i) projections or optimizations over the entire feasible set are avoided, in stark contrast to projected gradient methods or the Frank-Wolfe method, and (ii) iterates are allowed to become infeasible, which differs from active set or feasible direction methods, where the descent motion stops as soon as a new constraint is encountered. The resulting algorithmic procedure is simple to implement even when constraints are nonlinear, and is suitable for large-scale constrained optimization problems in which the feasible set fails to have a simple structure. The key underlying idea is that constraints are expressed in terms of velocities instead of positions, which has the algorithmic consequence that optimizations over feasible sets at each iteration are replaced with optimizations over local, sparse convex approximations. The result is a simplified suite of algorithms and an expanded range of possible applications in machine learning.

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2022

2021


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Optimization with Momentum: Dynamical, Control-Theoretic, and Symplectic Perspectives

Muehlebach, M., Jordan, M. I.

Journal of Machine Learning Research, 22(73):1-50, 2021 (article)

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2021

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2020


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Learning-based parametrized model predictive control for trajectory tracking

Sferrazza, C., Muehlebach, M., D’Andrea, R.

Optimal Control Application and Methods, 41(6):2225-2249, 2020 (article) In preparation

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2020

DOI [BibTex]

2019


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A Method for Reducing the Complexity of Model Predictive Control in Robotics Applications

Muehlebach, M., D’Andrea, R.

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2019, 2019 (article)

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2019


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Accelerometer-Based Tilt Determination for Rigid Bodies with a Non-Accelerated Pivot Point

Muehlebach, M., D’Andrea, R.

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 2018 (article)

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2016


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Variational Integrators - A Continuous Time Approach

Muehlebach, M., Heimsch, T., Glocker, C.

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 2016 (article)

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2016

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Nonlinear Analysis and Control of a Reaction Wheel-based 3-D Inverted Pendulum

Muehlebach, M., D’Andrea, R.

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 25(1): 235-246, 2016 (article)

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[BibTex]

2014


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A Fan-based Low-frequent Forced Oscillation Technique Apparatus

Maes, H., Vandersteen, G., Muehlebach, M., Ionescu, C.

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements, 2014 (article)

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2014

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