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This work presents a nonparametric framework for dissipativity learning in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces, which enables data-driven certification of stability and performance properties for unknown nonlinear systems without requiring an…
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In this paper, we present a fast and accurate numerical scheme for the solution of fifth-order boundary-value problems. We apply the reproducing kernel Hilbert space method (RKHSM) for solving this problem. The analytic results of the…
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