Robust H2/H-infinity control under stochastic requirements: minimizing conditional value-at-risk instead of worst-case performance

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Main Authors: Kassarian, Ervan, Sanfedino, Francesco, Alazard, Daniel, Marrazza, Andrea
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Published: 2025
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author Kassarian, Ervan
Sanfedino, Francesco
Alazard, Daniel
Marrazza, Andrea
author_facet Kassarian, Ervan
Sanfedino, Francesco
Alazard, Daniel
Marrazza, Andrea
contents Conventional robust H2/H-infinity control minimizes the worst-case performance, often leading to a conservative design driven by very rare parametric configurations. To reduce this conservatism while taking advantage of the stochastic properties of Monte Carlo sampling and its compatibility with parallel computing, we introduce an alternative paradigm that optimizes the controller with respect to a stochastic criterion, namely the conditional value at risk. We present the problem formulation and discuss several open challenges toward a general synthesis framework. The potential of this approach is illustrated on a mechanical system, where it significantly improves overall performance by tolerating some degradation in very rare worst-case scenarios.
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spellingShingle Robust H2/H-infinity control under stochastic requirements: minimizing conditional value-at-risk instead of worst-case performance
Kassarian, Ervan
Sanfedino, Francesco
Alazard, Daniel
Marrazza, Andrea
Systems and Control
Optimization and Control
Conventional robust H2/H-infinity control minimizes the worst-case performance, often leading to a conservative design driven by very rare parametric configurations. To reduce this conservatism while taking advantage of the stochastic properties of Monte Carlo sampling and its compatibility with parallel computing, we introduce an alternative paradigm that optimizes the controller with respect to a stochastic criterion, namely the conditional value at risk. We present the problem formulation and discuss several open challenges toward a general synthesis framework. The potential of this approach is illustrated on a mechanical system, where it significantly improves overall performance by tolerating some degradation in very rare worst-case scenarios.
title Robust H2/H-infinity control under stochastic requirements: minimizing conditional value-at-risk instead of worst-case performance
topic Systems and Control
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.18356