1. S. Hassan-Moghaddam. Analysis, design, and optimization of large-scale networks of dynamical systems. PhD thesis, University of Southern California, 2019. Keyword(s): Consensus, Control for optimization, Convex Optimization, Distributed control, Forward-backward envelope, Douglas-Rachford splitting, Global exponential stability, Integral quadratic constraints, Networks of dynamical systems, Non-smooth optimization, Polyak-Lojasiewicz inequality, Proximal algorithms, Primal-dual methods, Proximal augmented Lagrangian, Regularization for design, Sparse graphs, Sparsity-promoting optimal control, Structured optimal control, Structure identification, Topology design. [bibtex-entry]

1. D. Ding, K. Zhang, J. Duan, T. Basar, and M. R. Jovanovic. Convergence and sample complexity of natural policy gradient primal-dual methods for constrained MDPs. J. Mach. Learn. Res., 2022. Note: Submitted; also arXiv:2206.02346. Keyword(s): Constrained Markov decision processes, Constrained nonconvex optimization, Function approximation, Natural policy gradient, Policy gradient methods, Primal-dual algorithms, Sample complexity. [bibtex-entry]



2. S. Hassan-Moghaddam and M. R. Jovanovic. Proximal gradient flow and Douglas-Rachford splitting dynamics: global exponential stability via integral quadratic constraints. Automatica, 123:109311, January 2021. Keyword(s): Control for optimization, Convex Optimization, Forward-backward envelope, Douglas-Rachford splitting, Global exponential stability, Integral quadratic constraints, Non-smooth optimization, Polyak-Lojasiewicz inequality, Proximal algorithms, Primal-dual methods, Proximal augmented Lagrangian. [bibtex-entry]

1. I. K. Ozaslan and M. R. Jovanovic. From exponential to finite/fixed-time stability: applications to optimization. In Proceedings of the 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Milano, Italy, 2024. Note: To appear. Keyword(s): Exponential stability, Finite-time stability, Fixed-time stability, Normalized gradient descent, Gradient flow dynamics, Primal-dual methods. [bibtex-entry]



2. I. K. Ozaslan and M. R. Jovanovic. On the global exponential stability of primal-dual dynamics for convex problems with linear equality constraints. In Proceedings of the 2023 American Control Conference, San Diago, CA, pages 210-215, 2023. Keyword(s): Global exponential stability, Gradient flow dynamics, Lagrangian, Lyapunov functions, Primal-dual methods. [bibtex-entry]



3. I. K. Ozaslan and M. R. Jovanovic. Tight lower bounds on the convergence rate of primal-dual dynamics for equality constrained convex problems. In Proceedings of the 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Singapore, pages 7312-7317, 2023. Keyword(s): Gradient flow dynamics, Exponential stability, Integral quadratic constraints, Primal-dual gradient flow dynamics, Primal-dual methods. [bibtex-entry]



4. H. Mohammadi and M. R. Jovanovic. On the noise amplification of primal-dual gradient flow dynamics based on proximal augmented Lagrangian. In Proceedings of the 2022 American Control Conference, Atlanta, GA, pages 926-931, 2022. Keyword(s): Control for optimization, Convex Optimization, Integral quadratic constraints, Linear matrix inequalities, Noise amplification, Non-smooth optimization, Proximal algorithms, Primal-dual gradient flow dynamics, Primal-dual methods, Proximal augmented Lagrangian, Second-order moments, Semidefinite programming. [bibtex-entry]



5. I. K. Ozaslan, S. Hassan-Moghaddam, and M. R. Jovanovic. On the asymptotic stability of proximal algorithms for convex optimization problems with multiple non-smooth regularizers. In Proceedings of the 2022 American Control Conference, Atlanta, GA, pages 132-137, 2022. Keyword(s): Control for optimization, Convex Optimization, Douglas-Rachford splitting, Global asymptotic stability, Lyapunov-based analysis, Non-smooth optimization, Proximal algorithms, Primal-dual gradient flow dynamics, Primal-dual methods, Proximal augmented Lagrangian. [bibtex-entry]



6. I. K. Ozaslan and M. R. Jovanovic. Exponential convergence of primal-dual dynamics for multi-block problems under local error bound condition. In Proceedings of the 61th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, pages 7579-7584, 2022. Keyword(s): Gradient flow dynamics, Lyapunov functions, Proximal algorithms, Primal-dual gradient flow dynamics, Primal-dual methods, Proximal augmented Lagrangian, Operator splitting. [bibtex-entry]



7. D. Ding, X. Wei, Z. Yang, Z. Wang, and M. R. Jovanovic. Provably efficient safe exploration via primal-dual policy optimization. In 24th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, volume 130, Virtual, pages 3304-3312, 2021. Keyword(s): Safe reinforcement learning, Constrained Markov decision processes, Safe exploration, Proximal policy optimization, Non-convex optimization, Online mirror descent, Primal-dual method. [bibtex-entry]



8. D. Ding and M. R. Jovanovic. Global exponential stability of primal-dual gradient flow dynamics based on the proximal augmented Lagrangian: A Lyapunov-based approach. In Proceedings of the 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, pages 4836-4841, 2020. Keyword(s): Augmented Lagrangian, Control for optimization, Convex optimization, Global exponential stability, Lyapunov-based approach, Non-smooth optimization, Primal-dual gradient flow dynamics, Primal-dual methods, Proximal augmented Lagrangian. [bibtex-entry]



9. S. Hassan-Moghaddam and M. R. Jovanovic. Global exponential stability of the Douglas-Rachford splitting dynamics. In Preprints of the 21st IFAC World Congress, Berlin, Germany, pages 7350-7354, 2020. Keyword(s): Control for optimization, Convex Optimization, Forward-backward envelope, Douglas-Rachford splitting, Global exponential stability, Integral quadratic constraints, Non-smooth optimization, Polyak-Lojasiewicz inequality, Proximal algorithms, Primal-dual methods, Proximal augmented Lagrangian. [bibtex-entry]



10. S. Hassan-Moghaddam and M. R. Jovanovic. On the exponential convergence rate of proximal gradient flow algorithms. In Proceedings of the 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami, FL, pages 4246-4251, 2018. Note: (Invited paper). Keyword(s): Control for optimization, Distributed optimization, Forward-backward envelope, Exponential convergence, Global exponential stability, Gradient flow dynamics, Large-scale systems, Non-smooth optimization, Primal-dual method, Proximal algorithms, Proximal augmented Lagrangian. [bibtex-entry]

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