10–15 Aug 2025
SAFE Credit Union Convention Center
America/Los_Angeles timezone

Nested Extremum Seeking for Virtual Diagnostics and Control

SUP062
10 Aug 2025, 15:00
3h
Ballroom A (SAFE Credit Union Convention Center)

Ballroom A

SAFE Credit Union Convention Center

Poster Presentation MC6 - Beam Instrumentation, Controls, AI/ML, and Operational Aspects SUP: Sunday Student Poster Session

Speaker

Brad Ratto (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Description

Machine learning methods have been increasingly used to model complex physical processes that are difficult to address with traditional approaches, especially when these processes exhibit temporal dynamics or require real-time implementation. The linear accelerator (LINAC) at the LANSCE facility is one such system. While a high-resolution simulation tool, HPSim, exists, the complexity and high computational costs of the simulation, combined with the spatiotemporal variability of the LINAC and limited diagnostic measurements, creates challenges for real-time operation. These challenges can be mitigated by developing fast surrogate machine learning models to provide virtual diagnostics and enable control. However, the highly expressive nature of machine learning models often results in opaque representations, complicating their use in control applications. Control design and tuning are significantly simplified when the system dynamics are captured by a more interpretable, parsimonious model. This study seeks to harness the power of machine learning while applying traditional system identification techniques to develop models that are both effective for control and computationally efficient.

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Authors

Alexander Scheinker (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Brad Ratto (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

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