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A system includes a hybrid power train comprising an internal combustion engine and electrical system, which includes a first and second electrical torque provider, and an electrical energy storage device electrically coupled to first and second electrical torque provider. The system further include

A system includes a hybrid power train comprising an internal combustion engine and electrical system, which includes a first and second electrical torque provider, and an electrical energy storage device electrically coupled to first and second electrical torque provider. The system further includes a controller structured to perform operations including determining a power surplus value of the electrical system; determining a machine power demand change value; in response to the power surplus value of the electrical system being greater than or equal to the machine power demand change value, operating an optimum cost controller to determine a power division for the engine, first electrical torque provider, and second electrical torque provider; and in response to the power surplus value of the electrical system being less than the machine power demand change value, operating a rule-based controller to determine the power division for the engine, first, and second electrical torque provider.

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1. A system, comprising: a hybrid power train comprising an internal combustion engine and an electrical system, the electrical system including a first electrical torque provider, a second electrical torque provider, and an electrical energy storage device electrically coupled to the first electric

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A system, comprising: a hybrid power train comprising an internal combustion engine and an electrical system, the electrical system including a first electrical torque provider, a second electrical torque provider, and an electrical energy storage device electrically coupled to the first electrical torque provider and the second electrical torque provider;a clutch positioned with the first electrical torque provider and a load on a first side of the clutch and with the internal combustion engine and the second electrical torque provider on a second side of the clutch, wherein the clutch in a closed position provides the hybrid power train in a parallel configuration and wherein the clutch in an open position provides the hybrid power train in a series configuration;a controller structured to perform operations including: determining a power surplus value of the electrical system;determining a machine power demand change value;in response to the power surplus value of the electrical system being greater than or equal to the machine power demand change value, operating the hybrid power train in the series configuration and operating an optimum cost controller to determine a power division description for the internal combustion engine, the first electrical torque provider, and the second electrical torque provider, wherein the controller is configured to operate the optimum cost controller to: incrementally change in a first direction a power provided by the engine in a first execution cycle in response to the power division description;determining whether the power incrementally changed in the first execution cycle improved a power cost value;in response to an improved power cost value, continue incrementing the power division description in the first direction in a next execution cycle;in response to a degrading power cost value, switching a direction of the increment of the power division description in the next execution cycle; andin response to the power surplus value of the electrical system being less than the machine power demand change value, operating the hybrid power train in the parallel configuration and operating a rule-based controller to determine the power division for the internal combustion engine, the first electrical torque provider, and the second electrical torque provider. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further structured to determine the power surplus value of the first electrical torque provider in response to the electrical system having a power delivery availability to meet the machine power demand change value. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein further in response to the machine power demand change value exceeding a threshold, the controller is further structured to operate the rule-based controller. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further structured to determine the power surplus value in response to at least one parameter selected from the parameters consisting of: a torque rating of the first electrical torque provider, a torque rating of the second electrical torque provider, an accessory load, a throughput rating of the electrical energy storage device, a state-of-charge (SOC) of the electrical energy storage device, a throughput rating of a first power electronics interposed between the electrical energy storage device and the first electrical torque provider, and a throughput rating of a second power electronics interposed between the electrical energy storage device and the second electrical torque provider. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further structured to operate the optimum cost controller as a closed loop controller having an error value determined in response to a slope of the power cost value with time. 6. The system of claim 5, wherein the optimum cost controller is a proportional-integral controller. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further structured to apply a random noise value to the incrementally changing power provided by the engine. 8. The system of claim 7, wherein the random noise value comprises an amplitude selected in response to an expected local minima depth property of a response surface of the hybrid power train. 9. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further structured to increase an amplitude of the incremental change in response to an increasing rate of change of the power cost value. 10. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further structured to operate the rule-based controller to respond to a power demand increase by, operated in the following order and until the power demand increase is achieved, increasing first a power output of the first electrical torque provider, increasing second a power output of the second electrical torque provider, and increasing third an output of the engine. 11. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further structured to operate the rule-based controller to respond to a power demand decrease by, operated in the following order and until the power demand decrease is achieved, decreasing first a power output of the first electrical torque provider, decreasing second a power output of the second electrical torque provider, and decreasing third an output of the engine. 12. The system of claim 11, further comprising limiting the first electrical torque provider and the second electrical torque provider to a minimum zero torque until the engine reaches a minimum torque value. 13. The system of claim 1, further comprising, in response to determining the clutch is open and the power surplus value being less than the machine power demand change value, and further in response to determining the clutch is disallowed from closing, the controller further structured to command the first electrical torque provider to one of a maximum or minimum torque position. 14. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is further structured to command the first electrical torque provider to meet the machine power demand change value. 15. A method, comprising: operating a hybrid power train including an engine, a first electrical torque provider, a second electrical torque provider, and an electrical system comprising a portion of the hybrid power train, and further comprising a clutch positioned with the first electrical torque provider and a load on a first side of the clutch and with the internal combustion engine and the second electrical torque provider on a second side of the clutch, wherein the clutch in a closed position provides the hybrid power train in a parallel configuration and wherein the clutch in an open position provides the hybrid power train in a series configuration;determining a power surplus value of the electrical system;determining a machine power demand change value of the hybrid power train;in response to the power surplus value being greater than or equal to the machine power demand change value, operating the hybrid power train in the series configuration and operating an optimum cost controller to determine a power division description for the hybrid power train in the series configuration, wherein operating the optimum cost controller includes: incrementally changing in a first direction reaction a power provided by the engine in a first execution cycle in response to the power division description;determining whether the power incrementally changed in the first execution cycle improved a power cost value;in response to an improved power cost value, continue incrementing the power division description in the first direction in a next execution cycle;in response to a degrading power cost value, switching a direction of the increment of the power division description in the next execution cycle; andin response to the power surplus value of the electrical system being less than the machine power demand change value, operating the hybrid powertrain in a parallel configuration and operating a rule-based controller to determine the power division for the hybrid power train in the parallel configuration. 16. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining the power surplus value of the first electrical torque provider in response to the electrical system having a power delivery availability to meet the machine power demand change value. 17. The method of claim 15, further comprising operating a rule-based controller in response to the machine power demand change value exceeding a threshold. 18. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining the power surplus value in response to a torque rating of at least one of the first electrical torque provider and the second electrical torque provider. 19. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining the power surplus value in response to an accessory load. 20. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining the power surplus value in response to a throughput rating of an electrical energy storage device electrically coupled to the first electrical torque provider and the second electrical torque provider. 21. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining the power surplus value in response to a state-of-charge (SOC) of an electrical energy storage device electrically coupled to the first electrical torque provider and the second electrical torque provider. 22. The method of claim 15, further comprising determining the power surplus value in response to at least one of a throughput rating of a first power electronics interposed between an electrical energy storage device and the first electrical torque provider, and a throughput rating of a second power electronics interposed between the electrical energy storage device and the second electrical torque provider, the electrical energy storage device electrically coupled to the first electrical torque provider and the second electrical torque provider. 23. The method of claim 15, further comprising operating the optimum cost controller as a closed loop controller having an error value determined in response to a slope of the power cost value with time. 24. The method of claim 15, further comprising applying a random noise value to the incrementally changing power provided by the engine. 25. The method of claim 24, further comprising selecting an amplitude for the random noise value in response to an expected local minima depth property of a response surface of the hybrid power train. 26. The method of claim 15, further comprising increasing an amplitude of the incremental change in response to an increasing rate of change of the power cost value. 27. The method of claim 15, further comprising operating the rule-based controller to respond to a power demand increase by, operated in the following order and until the power demand increase is achieved, increasing first a power output of the first electrical torque provider, increasing second a power output of the second electrical torque provider, and increasing third an output of the engine. 28. The method of claim 15, further comprising operating the rule-based controller to response to a power demand decrease by, operated in the following order and until the power demand decrease is achieved, decreasing first a power output of the first electrical torque provider, decreasing second a power output of the second electrical torque provider, and decreasing third an output of the engine. 29. The method of claim 28, further comprising limiting the first electrical torque provider and the second electrical torque provider to a minimum zero torque until the engine reaches a minimum torque value. 30. The method of claim 15, further comprising, in response to determining the clutch is open and the power surplus value is less than the machine power demand change value, and further in response to determining the clutch is disallowed from closing, commanding the first electrical torque provider to one of a maximum or minimum torque position.