DESIRES Lab @ Peking University
Highlighted authors include postdocs and students advised.
Selected Publications
R. Liu, Y. Pan, L. Xu, L. Song, P. You, Y. Chen, and J. Bian. “Efficient Discovery of Pareto Front for Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning”. International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), Singapore, 2025
C. Qu, L. Shi, K. Panaganti, P. You, and A. Wierman. “Hybrid Transfer Reinforcement Learning: Provable Sample Efficiency From Shifted-Dynamics Data”. International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), Phuket, Thailand, 2025 (Oral, 2%)
T. Zheng, P. You, and E. Mallada. “Constrained Reinforcement Learning via Dissipative Saddle Flow Dynamics”. Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, US, 2022 (technical report)
P. You, Y. Liu, and E. Mallada. “A Unified Analysis of Saddle Flow Dynamics: Stability and Algorithm Design” (arXiv)(technical report)
P. You, Y. Jiang, E. Yeung, D. F. Gayme, and E. Mallada. “On the Stability, Economic Efficiency and Incentive Compatibility of Electricity Market Dynamics” (arXiv)(technical report)
Y. Liu, E. Mallada, Z. Li, and P. You. “Accelerated Saddle Flow Dynamics for Bilinearly Coupled Minimax Problems”. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Milan, Italy, 2024
T. Zheng, N. Loizou, P. You, and E. Mallada. “Dissipative Gradient Descent Ascent Method: A Control Theory Inspired Algorithm for Min-max Optimization”. IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS), vol. 8, pp. 2009-2014, Jun. 2024 (access)(pdf)
T. Zheng, P. You, and E. Mallada. “Constrained Reinforcement Learning via Dissipative Saddle Flow Dynamics”. Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Pacific Grove, US, 2022 (technical report)
P. You, and E. Mallada. “Saddle Flow Dynamics: Observable Certificates and Separable Regularization”. IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), New Orleans, US, 2021 (access)(pdf)
P. You, Y. Zhou, X. Huang, and J. Z.F. Pang. “Tax-Subsidy Mechanism to Recover Efficient Supply Function Equilibrium”
P. You, M. Fernandez, D. F. Gayme, and E. Mallada. “The Role of Strategic Participants in Two-Stage Settlement Electricity Markets” (technical report)
P. You, Y. Jiang, E. Yeung, D. F. Gayme, and E. Mallada. “On the Stability, Economic Efficiency and Incentive Compatibility of Electricity Market Dynamics” (arXiv)(technical report)
R. K. Bansal, Y. Chen, P. You, and E. Mallada. “Market Power Mitigation in Two-stage Electricity Market with Supply Function and Quantity Bidding”. IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets, Policy and Regulation, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 512-522, Dec. 2023 (access)(pdf)
R. K. Bansal, P. You, D. F. Gayme, and E. Mallada. “A Market Mechanism for Truthful Bidding with Energy Storage”. Electric Power Systems Research (Power Systems Computation Conference), vol. 211, 108284, Oct. 2022 (access)(pdf)
R. K. Bansal, Y. Chen, P. You, and E. Mallada. “Equilibrium Analysis of Electricity Markets with Day-Ahead Market Power Mitigation and Real-Time Intercept Bidding”. ACM e-Energy, Virtual Event, 2022 (access)(pdf)
R. K. Bansal, P. You, D. F. Gayme, and E. Mallada. “Storage Degradation Aware Economic Dispatch”. IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), New Orleans, US, 2021 (access)(pdf)
P. You, D. F. Gayme, and E. Mallada. “The Role of Strategic Load Participants in Two-Stage Settlement Electricity Markets”. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Nice, France, 2019 (access)(pdf)(technical report)
K. Mukhi, C. Qu, P. You, and A. Abate. “Distributionally Robust Aggregation of Electric Vehicle Flexibility”. ACM International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (HSCC), Irvine, USA, 2025
P. You, J. Z.F. Pang, and S. H. Low. “Online Station Assignment for Electric Vehicle Battery Swapping”. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 3256-3267, Apr. 2022 (access)(pdf)
Z. Yang, T. Guo, P. You, Y. Hou, and S. J. Qin. “Distributed Approach for Temporal-Spatial Charging Coordination of Plug-in Electric Taxi Fleet”. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 3185-3195, Jun. 2019 (access)(pdf)
Y. Zhang, P. You, and L. Cai. “Optimal Charging Scheduling by Pricing for EV Charging Station with Dual Charging Modes”. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 3386-3396, Sep. 2019 (access)(pdf)
P. You, S. H. Low, L. Zhang, R. Deng, G. B. Giannakis, Y. Sun, and Z. Yang. “Scheduling of EV Battery Swapping, II: Distributed Solutions”. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 1920-1930, Dec. 2018 (access)(pdf)
P. You, S. H. Low, W. Tushar, G. Geng, C. Yuen, Z. Yang, and Y. Sun. “Scheduling of EV Battery Swapping, I: Centralized Solution”. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 1887-1897, Dec. 2018 (access)(pdf)
Y. Zhou, D. K.Y. Yau, P. You, and P. Cheng. “Optimal-Cost Scheduling of Electrical Vehicle Charging under Uncertainty”. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 4547-4554, Sep. 2018 (access)(pdf)
P. You, Z. Yang, Y. Zhang, S. H. Low, and Y. Sun. “Optimal Charging Schedule for a Battery Switching Station Serving Electric Buses”. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 31, no. 5, pp. 3473-3483, Sep. 2016 (access)(pdf)
P. You, Z. Yang, M.-Y. Chow, and Y. Sun. “Optimal Cooperative Charging Strategy for a Smart Charging Station of Electric Vehicles”. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 2946-2956, Jul. 2016 (access)(pdf)
P. You, Y. Jiang, E. Yeung, D. F. Gayme, and E. Mallada. “On the Stability, Economic Efficiency and Incentive Compatibility of Electricity Market Dynamics” (arXiv)(technical report)
R. Pates, A. Ferragut, E. Pivo, P. You, F. Paganini, and E. Mallada. “Respect the Unstable: Delays and Saturation in Contact Tracing for Disease Control”. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (SICON), vol. 60, no. 2, pp. S196-S220, Mar. 2022 (access)(pdf)
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