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Autori principali: Moustroufis, Dimitrios, Tsiotras, Panagiotis
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Pubblicazione: 2026
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Accesso online:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.01547
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author Moustroufis, Dimitrios
Tsiotras, Panagiotis
author_facet Moustroufis, Dimitrios
Tsiotras, Panagiotis
contents This paper addresses the problem of output-feedback covariance steering for stochastic, discrete-time, linear, time-invariant systems without knowledge of the system model. We employ a controllable, non-minimal state representation constructed from past inputs and outputs and convert the problem to one in state-feedback form. In this representation, the induced disturbance becomes temporally correlated, which requires explicit propagation of the cross-covariance between the state and disturbance processes. To handle the lack of a system model, we leverage persistently exciting data collected offline and formulate the mean and covariance steering problems using an indirect and a direct approach, respectively. The indirect formulation requires an estimate of the mean dynamics model, while the direct formulation relies on an estimate of the noise realization in the collected data. To this end, we present an estimation method suitable to handle temporally correlated noise, enabling consistent identification of both components. Using a convex relaxation, we convert the covariance steering problem to a semidefinite program that can be solved efficiently. We conduct numerical simulations to evaluate the performance of the developed framework.
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spellingShingle Data-Driven Covariance Steering with Output Feedback
Moustroufis, Dimitrios
Tsiotras, Panagiotis
Systems and Control
This paper addresses the problem of output-feedback covariance steering for stochastic, discrete-time, linear, time-invariant systems without knowledge of the system model. We employ a controllable, non-minimal state representation constructed from past inputs and outputs and convert the problem to one in state-feedback form. In this representation, the induced disturbance becomes temporally correlated, which requires explicit propagation of the cross-covariance between the state and disturbance processes. To handle the lack of a system model, we leverage persistently exciting data collected offline and formulate the mean and covariance steering problems using an indirect and a direct approach, respectively. The indirect formulation requires an estimate of the mean dynamics model, while the direct formulation relies on an estimate of the noise realization in the collected data. To this end, we present an estimation method suitable to handle temporally correlated noise, enabling consistent identification of both components. Using a convex relaxation, we convert the covariance steering problem to a semidefinite program that can be solved efficiently. We conduct numerical simulations to evaluate the performance of the developed framework.
title Data-Driven Covariance Steering with Output Feedback
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.01547