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Pablo Parrilo.
Romvary, Jordan (Jordan Joseph)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2015-11-09T19:52:33Z
2015-11-09T19:52:33Z
2015
2015
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99843
927412329
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2015.
Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-114).
In this thesis, we consider Witsenhausen's Counterexample, a two-stage control system in decentralized stochastic control. In particular, we investigate a specific homogenous integral equation that arises from the necessary first-order condition for optimality of the Stage I controller in the system. Using finite element (FE) analysis, we develop a numerical framework to study this integral equation and understand the structure of optimal controllers. We then solve the integral equation as a mathematical optimization and use our FE model to numerically compute a nonlinear controller that satisfies the necessary condition approximately at a set of quadrature points..
by Jordan Romvary.
S.M.
114 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
A numerical study of Witsenhausen's Counterexample
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