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  •  Vinod, A.P., Safaoui, S., Summers, T., Yoshikawa, N., Di Cairano, S., "Decentralized, Safe, Multi-agent Motion Planning for Drones Under Uncertainty via Filtered Reinforcement Learning", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, DOI: 10.1109/​TCST.2024.3433229, Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 2492-2499, January 2025.
    BibTeX TR2024-136 PDF
    • @article{Vinod2025jan,
    • author = {Vinod, Abraham P. and Safaoui, Sleiman and Summers, Tyler and Yoshikawa, Nobuyuki and Di Cairano, Stefano}},
    • title = {Decentralized, Safe, Multi-agent Motion Planning for Drones Under Uncertainty via Filtered Reinforcement Learning},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology},
    • year = 2025,
    • volume = 32,
    • number = 6,
    • pages = {2492--2499},
    • month = jan,
    • doi = {10.1109/TCST.2024.3433229},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-136}
    • }
  •  Li, S.H.Q., Vinod, A.P., "Markov Potential Game with Final-time Reach-Avoid Objective", arXiv, October 2024.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Li2024oct2,
    • author = {Li, Sarah H. Q. and Vinod, Abraham P.}},
    • title = {Markov Potential Game with Final-time Reach-Avoid Objective},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.17690}
    • }
  •  Vinod, A.P., "pycvxset: A Python package for convex set manipulation", arXiv, October 2024.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Vinod2024oct,
    • author = {Vinod, Abraham P.}},
    • title = {pycvxset: A Python package for convex set manipulation},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.11430}
    • }
  •  Safaoui, S., Vinod, A.P., Chakrabarty, A., Quirynen, R., Yoshikawa, N., Di Cairano, S., "Safe multi-agent motion planning under uncertainty for drones using filtered reinforcement learning", IEEE Transactions on Robotics, DOI: 10.1109/​TRO.2024.3387010, Vol. 40, pp. 2529-2542, July 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-048 PDF Video
    • @article{Safaoui2024jul,
    • author = {Safaoui, Sleiman and Vinod, Abraham P. and Chakrabarty, Ankush and Quirynen, Rien and Yoshikawa, Nobuyuki and Di Cairano, Stefano},
    • title = {Safe multi-agent motion planning under uncertainty for drones using filtered reinforcement learning},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Robotics},
    • year = 2024,
    • volume = 40,
    • pages = {2529--2542},
    • month = jul,
    • doi = {10.1109/TRO.2024.3387010},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-048}
    • }
  •  Huang, Y., Greiff, M., Vinod, A.P., Di Cairano, S., "Leveraging Computational Fluid Dynamics in UAV Motion Planning", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC60939.2024.10644753, July 2024, pp. 375-381.
    BibTeX TR2024-050 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Huang2024jul,
    • author = {Huang, Yunshen and Greiff, Marcus and Vinod, Abraham P. and Di Cairano, Stefano}},
    • title = {Leveraging Computational Fluid Dynamics in UAV Motion Planning},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2024,
    • pages = {375--381},
    • month = jul,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.23919/ACC60939.2024.10644753},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-050}
    • }
  •  Kim, T., Vinod, A.P., Di Cairano, S., "Decoupled Trajectory Planning for Monitoring UAVs and UGV Carrier by Reachable Sets", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC60939.2024.10644642, July 2024, pp. 587-593.
    BibTeX TR2024-092 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Kim2024jul,
    • author = {Kim, Taewan and Vinod, Abraham P. and Di Cairano, Stefano}},
    • title = {Decoupled Trajectory Planning for Monitoring UAVs and UGV Carrier by Reachable Sets},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2024,
    • pages = {587--593},
    • month = jul,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.23919/ACC60939.2024.10644642},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-092}
    • }
  •  Di Cairano, S., Skibik, T., Vinod, A.P., Weiss, A., Berntorp, K., Okura, Y., "Parametrized Maneuvers Governor for Decision Making in Automated Driving" in Nonlinear and Constrained Control - Applications, Synergies, Challenges and Opportunities., June 2024.
    BibTeX TR2024-086 PDF
    • @incollection{DiCairano2024jun,
    • author = {Di Cairano, Stefano and Skibik, Terrence and Vinod, Abraham P. and Weiss, Avishai and Berntorp, Karl and Okura, Yuichi}},
    • title = {Parametrized Maneuvers Governor for Decision Making in Automated Driving},
    • booktitle = {Nonlinear and Constrained Control - Applications, Synergies, Challenges and Opportunities.},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-086}
    • }
  •  Nayak, S., Greiff, M., Raghunathan, A., Di Cairano, S., Vinod, A.P., "Data-driven monitoring with mobile sensors and charging stations using multi-arm bandits and coordinated motion planners", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC60939.2024.10644645, June 2024, pp. 299-305.
    BibTeX TR2024-078 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Nayak2024jun,
    • author = {Nayak, Siddharth and Greiff, Marcus and Raghunathan, Arvind and Di Cairano, Stefano and Vinod, Abraham P.}},
    • title = {Data-driven monitoring with mobile sensors and charging stations using multi-arm bandits and coordinated motion planners},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2024,
    • pages = {299--305},
    • month = jun,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.23919/ACC60939.2024.10644645},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-078}
    • }
  •  Vinod, A.P., Yamazaki, S., Chakrabarty, A., Yoshikawa, N., Di Cairano, S., "Aircraft Approach Management using Reachability and Dynamic Programming", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC60939.2024.10644902, June 2024, pp. 318-324.
    BibTeX TR2024-079 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Vinod2024jun,
    • author = {{Vinod, Abraham P. and Yamazaki, Sachiyo and Chakrabarty, Ankush and Yoshikawa, Nobuyuki and Di Cairano, Stefano}},
    • title = {Aircraft Approach Management using Reachability and Dynamic Programming},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2024,
    • pages = {318--324},
    • month = jun,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.23919/ACC60939.2024.10644902},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-079}
    • }
  •  Vinod, A.P., Weiss, A., Di Cairano, S., "Projection-free computation of robust controllable sets with constrained zonotopes", arXiv, March 2024.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{Vinod2024mar,
    • author = {Vinod, Abraham P. and Weiss, Avishai and Di Cairano, Stefano},
    • title = {Projection-free computation of robust controllable sets with constrained zonotopes},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2024,
    • month = mar,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13730}
    • }
  •  Srinivas, N., Vinod, A.P., Di Cairano, S., Weiss, A., "Lunar Landing with Feasible Divert using Controllable Sets", AIAA SciTech, DOI: 10.2514/​6.2024-0324, January 2024, pp. AIAA 2024-0324.
    BibTeX TR2024-004 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Srinivas2024jan,
    • author = {Srinivas, Neeraj and Vinod, Abraham P. and Di Cairano, Stefano and Weiss, Avishai},
    • title = {Lunar Landing with Feasible Divert using Controllable Sets},
    • booktitle = {AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum},
    • year = 2024,
    • pages = {AIAA 2024--0324},
    • month = jan,
    • doi = {10.2514/6.2024-0324},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2024-004}
    • }
  •  Deshpande, V.M., Chakrabarty, A., Vinod, A.P., Laughman, C.R., "Physics-Constrained Deep Autoencoded Kalman Filters for Estimating Vapor Compression System States", IEEE Control Systems Letters, DOI: 10.1109/​LCSYS.2023.3334959, November 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-138 PDF
    • @article{Deshpande2023nov,
    • author = {{Deshpande, Vedang M. and Chakrabarty, Ankush and Vinod, Abraham P. and Laughman, Christopher R.}},
    • title = {Physics-Constrained Deep Autoencoded Kalman Filters for Estimating Vapor Compression System States},
    • journal = {IEEE Control Systems Letters},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = nov,
    • doi = {10.1109/LCSYS.2023.3334959},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-138}
    • }
  •  Chakrabarty, A., Vinod, A.P., Mansour, H., Bortoff, S.A., Laughman, C.R., "Moving Horizon Estimation for Digital Twins using Deep Autoencoders", World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), Ishii, H. and Ebihara, Y. and Imura, J. and Yamakita, M., Eds., DOI: 10.1016/​j.ifacol.2023.10.207, July 2023, pp. 5500-5505.
    BibTeX TR2023-088 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Chakrabarty2023jul2,
    • author = {Chakrabarty, Ankush and Vinod, Abraham P. and Mansour, Hassan and Bortoff, Scott A. and Laughman, Christopher R.},
    • title = {Moving Horizon Estimation for Digital Twins using Deep Autoencoders},
    • booktitle = {World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • editor = {Ishii, H. and Ebihara, Y. and Imura, J. and Yamakita, M.},
    • pages = {5500--5505},
    • month = jul,
    • publisher = {Elseiver},
    • doi = {10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.207},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-088}
    • }
  •  Thaker, P., Di Cairano, S., Vinod, A.P., "Bandit-based multi-agent search under noisy observations", World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), Ishii, H. and Ebihara, Y. and Imura, J. and Yamakita, M., Eds., DOI: 10.1016/​j.ifacol.2023.10.1377, July 2023, pp. 2780-2785.
    BibTeX TR2023-085 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Thaker2023jul,
    • author = {Thaker, Parth and Di Cairano, Stefano and Vinod, Abraham P.},
    • title = {Bandit-based multi-agent search under noisy observations},
    • booktitle = {World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • editor = {Ishii, H. and Ebihara, Y. and Imura, J. and Yamakita, M.},
    • pages = {2780--2785},
    • month = jul,
    • publisher = {Elseiver},
    • doi = {10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.1377},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-085}
    • }
  •  Di Cairano, S., Skibik, T., Vinod, A.P., Weiss, A., Berntorp, K., "Decision Making for Automated Driving by Reachability of Parameterized Maneuvers", World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), Ishii, H. and Ebihara, Y. and Imura, J. and Yamakita, M., Eds., DOI: 10.1016/​j.ifacol.2023.10.018, July 2023, pp. 7852-7857.
    BibTeX TR2023-084 PDF
    • @inproceedings{DiCairano2023jul,
    • author = {Di Cairano, Stefano and Skibik, Terrence and Vinod, Abraham P. and Weiss, Avishai and Berntorp, Karl},
    • title = {Decision Making for Automated Driving by Reachability of Parameterized Maneuvers},
    • booktitle = {World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • editor = {Ishii, H. and Ebihara, Y. and Imura, J. and Yamakita, M.},
    • pages = {7852--7857},
    • month = jul,
    • publisher = {Elsevier},
    • doi = {10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.018},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-084}
    • }
  •  Greiff, M., Vinod, A.P., Nabi, S., Cairano, S., "Quadrotor Motion Planning in Stochastic Wind Fields", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2023, pp. 4619 - 4625.
    BibTeX TR2023-056 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Greiff2023may,
    • author = {Greiff, Marcus and Vinod, Abraham P. and Nabi, Saleh and Cairano, Stefano},
    • title = {Quadrotor Motion Planning in Stochastic Wind Fields},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {4619 -- 4625},
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-056}
    • }
  •  Skibik, T., Vinod, A.P., Weiss, A., Di Cairano, S., "MPC with Integrated Evasive Maneuvers for Failure-safe Automated Driving", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2023, pp. 1122-1128.
    BibTeX TR2023-055 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Skibik2023may,
    • author = {Skibik, Terrence and Vinod, Abraham P. and Weiss, Avishai and Di Cairano, Stefano},
    • title = {MPC with Integrated Evasive Maneuvers for Failure-safe Automated Driving},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {1122--1128},
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-055}
    • }
  •  Vinod, A.P., Di Cairano, S., "Sample quantile-based programming for non-convex separable chance constraints", American Control Conference (ACC), May 2023, pp. 1517-1522.
    BibTeX TR2023-062 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Vinod2023may,
    • author = {Vinod, Abraham P. and Di Cairano, Stefano},
    • title = {Sample quantile-based programming for non-convex separable chance constraints},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • pages = {1517--1522},
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-062}
    • }
  •  Kim, K.J., Vinod, A.P., Guo, J., Deshpande, V.M., Parsons, K., "Spectrum Sharing-inspired Safe Motion Planning", IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC), May 2023.
    BibTeX TR2023-049 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Kim2023may2,
    • author = {Kim, Kyeong Jin and Vinod, Abraham P. and Guo, Jianlin and Deshpande, Vedang M. and Parsons, Kieran},
    • title = {Spectrum Sharing-inspired Safe Motion Planning},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC)},
    • year = 2023,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2023-049}
    • }
  •  Mamakoukas, G., Di Cairano, S., Vinod, A.P., "Robust Model Predictive Control with Data-Driven Koopman Operators", American Control Conference (ACC), June 2022, pp. 3885-3892.
    BibTeX TR2022-054 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Mamakoukas2022jun,
    • author = {Mamakoukas, Giorgos and Di Cairano, Stefano and Vinod, Abraham P.},
    • title = {Robust Model Predictive Control with Data-Driven Koopman Operators},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2022,
    • pages = {3885--3892},
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2022-054}
    • }
  •  Vinod, A.P., Safaoui, S., Chakrabarty, A., Quirynen, R., Yoshikawa, N., Di Cairano, S., "Safe multi-agent motion planning via filtered reinforcement learning", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), DOI: 10.1109/​ICRA46639.2022.9812259, May 2022, pp. 7270-7276.
    BibTeX TR2022-053 PDF Video
    • @inproceedings{Vinod2022may,
    • author = {Vinod, Abraham P. and Safaoui, Sleiman and Chakrabarty, Ankush and Quirynen, Rien and Yoshikawa, Nobuyuki and Di Cairano, Stefano},
    • title = {Safe multi-agent motion planning via filtered reinforcement learning},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)},
    • year = 2022,
    • pages = {7270--7276},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ICRA46639.2022.9812259},
    • isbn = {978-1-7281-9681-7},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2022-053}
    • }
  •  Vinod, A.P., Weiss, A., Di Cairano, S., "Abort-safe spacecraft rendezvous under stochastic actuation and navigation uncertainty", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), DOI: 10.1109/​CDC45484.2021.9683322, December 2021, pp. 6620-6625.
    BibTeX TR2021-148 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Vinod2021dec,
    • author = {Vinod, Abraham P. and Weiss, Avishai and Di Cairano, Stefano},
    • title = {Abort-safe spacecraft rendezvous under stochastic actuation and navigation uncertainty},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
    • year = 2021,
    • pages = {6620--6625},
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683322},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2021-148}
    • }