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The statistical physics of optimal control theory

Published on 2012-10-167501 Views

In this introductory talk, I will present my personal perspective on how stochastic control theory is related to quantum mechanics, statistical inference, statistical physics and large deviation theo

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The statistical physics of optimal control theory00:00
The statistical physics of control and inference (1)19:07:39
The statistical physics of control and inference (2)25:21:54
The statistical physics of control and inference (3)37:34:14
The statistical physics of control and inference (4)41:01:47
The statistical physics of control and inference (5)46:56:41
The statistical physics of control and inference (6)48:51:55
Outline (1)53:09:21
Outline (2)61:05:56
Outline (3)67:52:03
Control and Quantum Mechanics (1)74:47:45
Pontryagin minimum principle96:11:24
Control and Quantum Mechanics (2)133:10:51
Control and Quantum Mechanics (3)141:29:25
QM as control of distributions (1)144:24:08
QM as control of distributions (2)154:03:18
Stochastic interpretation163:21:55
Control and Quantum Mechanics (4)183:42:39
Control and Quantum Mechanics (5)200:50:00
Outline (3)208:59:24
Link between inference and statistical physics (1)211:18:44
Link between inference and statistical physics (2)212:10:46
Link between inference and statistical physics (3)212:32:34
Link between inference and statistical physics (4)212:54:26
Link between control and inference213:22:30
Path integral control theory (1)274:55:01
Path integral control theory (2)297:13:02
Feynman-Kac formula317:50:46
Posterior distribution over optimal trajectories343:21:50
Recap376:10:19
Delayed choice417:25:10
Estimating optimal control by sampling440:21:19
Importance sampling (1)464:06:08
Importance sampling (2)478:08:03
How to control a device? (1)487:35:15
How to control a device? (2)513:34:38
Acrobot516:15:50
Outline (3)529:29:24
Link between control theory and large deviations (1)533:31:49
Link between control theory and large deviations (2)548:23:36
Link between control theory and large deviations (3)572:46:41
Link between control theory and large deviations (4)605:07:18
Link between control theory and large deviations (5)660:48:16
KL control theory (1)678:04:17
KL control theory (2)690:27:05
KL control theory (3)709:13:49
KL control theory (4)720:49:07
Link to continuous path integral formulation732:36:54
Average cost KL control (Todorov 2006)744:38:19
Detailed balance770:40:30
Particle in a box788:27:21
KL-learning [Bierkens, Kappen 2012]789:52:38
Numerical experiment803:39:31
Summary and discussion (1)814:28:16
Summary and discussion (2)819:10:03
Summary and discussion (3)828:29:24
Summary and discussion (4)832:24:40
Summary and discussion (5)839:47:11
Further reading843:38:14
Some open questions (1)847:10:02
Some open questions (2)859:09:43
The statistical physics of control and inference (1)867:35:04
The statistical physics of control and inference (2)873:53:29
The statistical physics of control and inference (3)877:14:42
The statistical physics of control and inference (4)879:38:48
The statistical physics of control and inference (5)882:09:24
The statistical physics of control and inference (6)884:11:15