Formation Shape Control using the Gromov-Wasserstein Metric

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Main Authors: Nakashima, Haruto, Ganguly, Siddhartha, Morimoto, Kohei, Kashima, Kenji
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Published: 2025
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author Nakashima, Haruto
Ganguly, Siddhartha
Morimoto, Kohei
Kashima, Kenji
author_facet Nakashima, Haruto
Ganguly, Siddhartha
Morimoto, Kohei
Kashima, Kenji
contents This article introduces a formation shape control algorithm, in the optimal control framework, for steering an initial population of agents to a desired configuration via employing the Gromov-Wasserstein distance. The underlying dynamical system is assumed to be a constrained linear system and the objective function is a sum of quadratic control-dependent stage cost and a Gromov-Wasserstein terminal cost. The inclusion of the Gromov-Wasserstein cost transforms the resulting optimal control problem into a well-known NP-hard problem, making it both numerically demanding and difficult to solve with high accuracy. Towards that end, we employ a recent semi-definite relaxation-driven technique to tackle the Gromov-Wasserstein distance. A numerical example is provided to illustrate our results.
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spellingShingle Formation Shape Control using the Gromov-Wasserstein Metric
Nakashima, Haruto
Ganguly, Siddhartha
Morimoto, Kohei
Kashima, Kenji
Optimization and Control
Machine Learning
Multiagent Systems
Systems and Control
This article introduces a formation shape control algorithm, in the optimal control framework, for steering an initial population of agents to a desired configuration via employing the Gromov-Wasserstein distance. The underlying dynamical system is assumed to be a constrained linear system and the objective function is a sum of quadratic control-dependent stage cost and a Gromov-Wasserstein terminal cost. The inclusion of the Gromov-Wasserstein cost transforms the resulting optimal control problem into a well-known NP-hard problem, making it both numerically demanding and difficult to solve with high accuracy. Towards that end, we employ a recent semi-definite relaxation-driven technique to tackle the Gromov-Wasserstein distance. A numerical example is provided to illustrate our results.
title Formation Shape Control using the Gromov-Wasserstein Metric
topic Optimization and Control
Machine Learning
Multiagent Systems
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.21538