
doi: 10.1109/9.135492
We propose a hardware implementable two-level parallel computing algorithm for general minimum-time control. We first discretize and transform the minimum-time control problem for a continuous-time system into a parameter optimization problem which is large dimensional and nonseparable. Then, the proposed two-level algorithm decomposes this parameter optimization problem into a master-slave problem. The master problem can be easily solved by a one-dimensional gradient method, and the slave problem will be solved by the proposed parallel computing method which combines recursive quadratic programming with the dual method. Furthermore, we have proved the convergence of this iterative two-level parallel computing algorithm under some conditions. Based on the VLSI array processor technology, we present a dedicated hardware computing architecture to realize this algorithm. The corresponding time complexity is also analyzed. Finally, several practical problems including the minimum-time orbit transfer problem and the minimum-time robot control problem have been simulated. The results show that the algorithm is well-suited for real-time application of minimum-time control.
VLSI array processor technology, time complexity, Numerical methods based on nonlinear programming, Analysis of algorithms and problem complexity, Computational methods for problems pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming, minimum-time orbit transfer problem, two-level parallel computing algorithm, Parallel numerical computation, minimum-time control, minimum-time robot control
VLSI array processor technology, time complexity, Numerical methods based on nonlinear programming, Analysis of algorithms and problem complexity, Computational methods for problems pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming, minimum-time orbit transfer problem, two-level parallel computing algorithm, Parallel numerical computation, minimum-time control, minimum-time robot control
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