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09/07/2023
Derivation of Coordinate Descent Algorithms from Optimal Control Theory
Recently, it was posited that disparate optimization algorithms may be c...
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08/02/2023
Implementations of the Universal Birkhoff Theory for Fast Trajectory Optimization
This is part II of a two-part paper. Part I presented a universal Birkho...
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08/02/2023
A Universal Birkhoff Theory for Fast Trajectory Optimization
Over the last two decades, pseudospectral methods based on Lagrange inte...
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03/29/2022
A Derivation of Nesterov's Accelerated Gradient Algorithm from Optimal Control Theory
Nesterov's accelerated gradient algorithm is derived from first principl...
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05/07/2020
An Optimal Control Theory for the Traveling Salesman Problem and Its Variants
We show that the traveling salesman problem (TSP) and its many variants ...
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04/27/2020
Enhancements to the DIDO Optimal Control Toolbox
In 2020, DIDO^ turned 20! The software package emerged in 2001 as a basi...
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04/29/2019