Reliably Learn to Trim Multiparametric Quadratic Programs via Constraint Removal

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Main Authors: Hou, Zhinan, You, Keyou
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You, Keyou
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You, Keyou
contents In a wide range of applications, we are required to rapidly solve a sequence of convex multiparametric quadratic programs (mp-QPs) on resource-limited hardwares. This is a nontrivial task and has been an active topic for decades in control and optimization communities. Observe that the main computational cost of existing solution algorithms lies in addressing many linear inequality constraints, though their majority are redundant and removing them will not change the optimal solution. This work learns from the results of previously solved mp-QP(s), based on which we propose novel methods to reliably trim (unsolved) mp-QPs via constraint removal, and the trimmed mp-QPs can be much cheaper to solve. Then, we extend to trim mp-QPs of model predictive control (MPC) whose parameter vectors are sampled from linear systems. Importantly, both online and offline solved mp-QPs can be utilized to adaptively trim mp-QPs in the closed-loop system. We show that the number of linear inequalities in the trimmed mp-QP of MPC decreases to zero in a finite timestep, which also can be reduced by increasing offline computation. Finally, simulations are performed to demonstrate the efficiency of our trimming method in removing redundant constraints.
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spellingShingle Reliably Learn to Trim Multiparametric Quadratic Programs via Constraint Removal
Hou, Zhinan
You, Keyou
Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
In a wide range of applications, we are required to rapidly solve a sequence of convex multiparametric quadratic programs (mp-QPs) on resource-limited hardwares. This is a nontrivial task and has been an active topic for decades in control and optimization communities. Observe that the main computational cost of existing solution algorithms lies in addressing many linear inequality constraints, though their majority are redundant and removing them will not change the optimal solution. This work learns from the results of previously solved mp-QP(s), based on which we propose novel methods to reliably trim (unsolved) mp-QPs via constraint removal, and the trimmed mp-QPs can be much cheaper to solve. Then, we extend to trim mp-QPs of model predictive control (MPC) whose parameter vectors are sampled from linear systems. Importantly, both online and offline solved mp-QPs can be utilized to adaptively trim mp-QPs in the closed-loop system. We show that the number of linear inequalities in the trimmed mp-QP of MPC decreases to zero in a finite timestep, which also can be reduced by increasing offline computation. Finally, simulations are performed to demonstrate the efficiency of our trimming method in removing redundant constraints.
title Reliably Learn to Trim Multiparametric Quadratic Programs via Constraint Removal
topic Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.11098