Constrained Policy Optimization for Stochastic Optimal Control under Nonstationary Uncertainties

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Hauptverfasser: Shin, Sungho, Pacaud, François, Contantinescu, Emil, Anitescu, Mihai
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Veröffentlicht: 2022
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author Shin, Sungho
Pacaud, François
Contantinescu, Emil
Anitescu, Mihai
author_facet Shin, Sungho
Pacaud, François
Contantinescu, Emil
Anitescu, Mihai
contents This article presents a constrained policy optimization approach for the optimal control of systems under nonstationary uncertainties. We introduce an assumption that we call Markov embeddability that allows us to cast the stochastic optimal control problem as a policy optimization problem over the augmented state space. Then, the infinite-dimensional policy optimization problem is approximated as a finite-dimensional nonlinear program by applying function approximation, deterministic sampling, and temporal truncation. The approximated problem is solved by using automatic differentiation and condensed-space interior-point methods. We formulate several conceptual and practical open questions regarding the asymptotic exactness of the approximation and the solution strategies for the approximated problem. As a proof of concept, we provide a numerical example demonstrating the performance of the control policy obtained by the proposed method.
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spellingShingle Constrained Policy Optimization for Stochastic Optimal Control under Nonstationary Uncertainties
Shin, Sungho
Pacaud, François
Contantinescu, Emil
Anitescu, Mihai
Optimization and Control
This article presents a constrained policy optimization approach for the optimal control of systems under nonstationary uncertainties. We introduce an assumption that we call Markov embeddability that allows us to cast the stochastic optimal control problem as a policy optimization problem over the augmented state space. Then, the infinite-dimensional policy optimization problem is approximated as a finite-dimensional nonlinear program by applying function approximation, deterministic sampling, and temporal truncation. The approximated problem is solved by using automatic differentiation and condensed-space interior-point methods. We formulate several conceptual and practical open questions regarding the asymptotic exactness of the approximation and the solution strategies for the approximated problem. As a proof of concept, we provide a numerical example demonstrating the performance of the control policy obtained by the proposed method.
title Constrained Policy Optimization for Stochastic Optimal Control under Nonstationary Uncertainties
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2209.13050