Section: Partnerships and Cooperations

European Initiatives

FP7 Projects

SADCO

• Title: Sensitivity Analysis for Deterministic Controller Design

• Instrument: Initial Training Network (ITN)

• Duration: January 2011 - December 2014

• Coordinator: Inria (France)

• Others partners: Univ. of Louvain, Univ. Bayreuth, Univ. Porto, Univ. Rome - La Sapienza, ICL, Astrium-Eads, Astos solutions, Volkswagen, Univ. Padova, Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie

• See also: http://itn-sadco.inria.fr

• Abstract: Optimisation-based control systems concern the determination of control strategies for complex, dynamic systems, to optimise some measures of best performance. It has the potential for application to a wide range of fields, including aerospace, chemical processing, power systems control, transportation systems and resource economics. It is of special relevance today, because optimization provides a natural framework for determining control strategies, which are energy efficient and respect environmental constraints. The multi-partner initial training network SADCO aims at: Training young researchers and future scientific leaders in the field of control theory with emphasis on two major themes sensitivity of optimal strategies to changes in the optimal control problem specification, and deterministic controller design; Advancing the theory and developing new numerical methods; Conveying fundamental scientific contributions within European industrial sectors.

Collaborations with Major European Organizations

• Univ. Rome 1 - La Sapienza: Department of Mathematics

• Collaboration with Antonio Siconolfi on "Hamilton-Jacobi equations in multi-domains".

• Univ. Rome 2: Department of Mathematics

• Numerical schemes for Hamilton-Jacobi coupled systems, controller design for hybrid systems.