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Main Authors: Aarnoudse, Leontine, Haring, Mark, van de Wouw, Nathan, Pavlov, Alexey
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15922
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author Aarnoudse, Leontine
Haring, Mark
van de Wouw, Nathan
Pavlov, Alexey
author_facet Aarnoudse, Leontine
Haring, Mark
van de Wouw, Nathan
Pavlov, Alexey
contents Data-based adaptive optimization methods hold great promise for the performance optimization of uncertain, time-varying processes. However, current methods are often based on continuous perturbation which is in general undesired for real-life (e.g., industrial) applications. In this paper, a new uncertainty-based perturb-and-observe method is developed that addresses this limitation and reduces the required number of perturbations, while retaining the capability to track time-varying optima. The method is based on the philosophy of `only perturbing when needed,' and is shown to converge to the optimum under mild conditions. A simulation-based case study on a photo-voltaic solar array demonstrates that it can outperform the standard perturb and observe approach as well as three other data-based optimization methods.
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spellingShingle Uncertainty-based perturb and observe for data-driven optimization
Aarnoudse, Leontine
Haring, Mark
van de Wouw, Nathan
Pavlov, Alexey
Systems and Control
Data-based adaptive optimization methods hold great promise for the performance optimization of uncertain, time-varying processes. However, current methods are often based on continuous perturbation which is in general undesired for real-life (e.g., industrial) applications. In this paper, a new uncertainty-based perturb-and-observe method is developed that addresses this limitation and reduces the required number of perturbations, while retaining the capability to track time-varying optima. The method is based on the philosophy of `only perturbing when needed,' and is shown to converge to the optimum under mild conditions. A simulation-based case study on a photo-voltaic solar array demonstrates that it can outperform the standard perturb and observe approach as well as three other data-based optimization methods.
title Uncertainty-based perturb and observe for data-driven optimization
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15922