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Safe Control and Learning Using Generalized Action Governor

Year: 2022
Type: preprint
Abstract: This paper introduces the Generalized Action Governor (AG), a supervisory scheme that augments a nominal closed-loop system with the capability to enforce state and input constraints through online action adjustment. We develop a generalized AG theory for discrete-time systems under bounded uncertainties, and relax the usual requirement of positive invariance to returnability of a safe set. Based on the theory, we present tailored AG design procedures for linear systems and for discrete systems with finite state and action spaces. We further study safe online learning enabled by the AG and present two safe learning strategies, namely safe Q-learning and safe data-driven Koopman operator-based control, both integrated with the AG to guarantee constraint satisfaction during learning. Numerical results illustrate the proposed methods.
Authors: Fang, Peiyuan, Zhang, Weiqi, Xiong, Lu, Li, Nan, Huang, Yanjun, Li, Yutong, Kolmanovsky, Ilya, Girard, Anouck, Tseng, H. Eric, Filev, Dimitar
Language: English
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4309953249
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