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| Comments: | 35 pages. Submitted to a journal; comments are welcome |
| Subjects: | Optimization and Control (math.OC); Machine Learning (cs.LG); Robotics (cs.RO); Systems and Control (eess.SY) |
| MSC classes: | 93E20, 93E03, 49K20, 49L99, 58E25, 65K10 |
| Cite as: | arXiv:2605.24795 [math.OC] |
| (or arXiv:2605.24795v1 [math.OC] for this version) | |
| https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2605.24795 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration) |
From: Siddhartha Ganguly [view email]
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