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Model-based policy optimization algorithms for feedback control of complex dynamic systems

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Lucky E. Yerimah *
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Christian Jørgensen
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B. Wayne Bequette
DOI:10.1016/j.compchemeng.2025.109032delete
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Model-free Reinforcement learning (RL) has been successfully used in benchmark systems such as the Cart- Pole, Inverted-Pendulum, and Robotic arms. However, model-free RL algorithms have several limitations, including large data requirements and handling of state constraints. Model-based and hybrid RL algorithms offer opportunities to tackle these limitations. This research investigated the application of a model-based policy optimization algorithm (MBPO) for feedback control of the Van de Vusse reaction and the Quadruple tank system. MBPO-trained agents suffer from inaccuracies of the learned model and the computational burden of the online optimization neural network models and policy parameters. We propose a modified model-based policy optimization (MMBPO) algorithm that uses linear dynamic system models. This minimizes a learned model's inaccuracies and eliminates the computational requirements of training the neural network models. Simulation results show that model-based policy optimization algorithms can track the setpoints of the dynamic systems studied.
Keywords:
Reinforcement learning
Model-based policy optimization
Van de vusse reaction
Quadruple tank

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Computers and Chemical Engineering
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rensselaer polytechnic institute
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