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In this paper, we present a recurrent neural system named Long Short-term Cognitive Networks (LSTCNs) as a generalization of the Short-term Cognitive Network (STCN) model. Such a generalization is motivated by the difficulty of forecasting…

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We propose a neural network-based approach that computes a stable and generalizing metric (LSiM) to compare data from a variety of numerical simulation sources. We focus on scalar time-dependent 2D data that commonly arises from motion and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-01-29 Georg Kohl , Kiwon Um , Nils Thuerey

In this paper, we consider the problem of reference tracking in uncertain nonlinear systems. A neural State-Space Model (NSSM) is used to approximate the nonlinear system, where a deep encoder network learns the nonlinearity from data, and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-26 Jiaqi Yan , Ankush Chakrabarty , Alisa Rupenyan , John Lygeros

Many applications, such as optimization, uncertainty quantification and inverse problems, require repeatedly performing simulations of large-dimensional physical systems for different choices of parameters. This can be prohibitively…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-18 Benedikt Brantner , Michael Kraus

Stochastic gradient descent in continuous time (SGDCT) provides a computationally efficient method for the statistical learning of continuous-time models, which are widely used in science, engineering, and finance. The SGDCT algorithm…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-06-18 Justin Sirignano , Konstantinos Spiliopoulos

Very high dimensional nonlinear systems arise in many engineering problems due to semi-discretization of the governing partial differential equations, e.g. through finite element methods. The complexity of these systems present…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-15 Florian Mahlknecht , John Irvin Alora , Shobhit Jain , Edward Schmerling , Riccardo Bonalli , George Haller , Marco Pavone

Dynamical systems in engineering and physics are often subject to irregular excitations that are best modeled as random. Monte Carlo simulations are routinely performed on such random models to obtain statistics on their long-term response.…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-07-08 Zhenwei Xu , Roshan S. Kaundinya , Shobhit Jain , George Haller

Continuum robots exhibit high-dimensional, nonlinear dynamics which are often coupled with their actuation mechanism. Spectral submanifold (SSM) reduction has emerged as a leading method for reducing high-dimensional nonlinear dynamical…

We present a cosmology analysis of simulated weak lensing convergence maps using the Neural Field Scattering Transform (NFST) to constrain cosmological parameters. The NFST extends the Wavelet Scattering Transform (WST) by incorporating…

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Typical learning curves for Soft Margin Classifiers (SMCs) learning both realizable and unrealizable tasks are determined using the tools of Statistical Mechanics. We derive the analytical behaviour of the learning curves in the regimes of…

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We study a sparse negative binomial regression (NBR) for count data by showing the non-asymptotic advantages of using the elastic-net estimator. Two types of oracle inequalities are derived for the NBR's elastic-net estimates by using the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-01-11 Huiming Zhang , Jinzhu Jia

We consider the community detection problem in sparse random hypergraphs under the non-uniform hypergraph stochastic block model (HSBM), a general model of random networks with community structure and higher-order interactions. When the…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2024-12-11 Ioana Dumitriu , Haixiao Wang , Yizhe Zhu

This paper develops a quantitative framework for analyzing the mean-square exponential stabilization of stochastic linear systems with multiplicative noise, focusing specifically on the optimal stabilizing rate, which characterizes the…

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Current large language models (LLMs) primarily rely on linear sequence generation and massive parameter counts, yet they severely struggle with complex algorithmic reasoning. While recent reasoning architectures, such as the Hierarchical…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Vasiliy A. Es'kin , Mikhail E. Smorkalov

This paper analyzes the stability-related properties of Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks and investigates their use as the model of the plant in the design of Model Predictive Controllers (MPC). First, sufficient conditions…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-31 Enrico Terzi , Fabio Bonassi , Marcello Farina , Riccardo Scattolini

Control contraction metrics (CCMs) are a new approach to nonlinear control design based on contraction theory. The resulting design problems are expressed as pointwise linear matrix inequalities and are and well-suited to solution via…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-06-06 Ian R. Manchester , Jean-Jacques E. Slotine

The statistical properties of the density map (DM) approach to counting microbiological objects on images are studied in detail. The DM is given by U$^2$-Net. Two statistical methods for deep neural networks are utilized: the bootstrap and…

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Safety is a fundamental requirement of control systems. Control Barrier Functions (CBFs) are proposed to ensure the safety of the control system by constructing safety filters or synthesizing control inputs. However, the safety guarantee…

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Real-time reconstruction of conditional quantum states from continuous measurement records is a fundamental requirement for quantum feedback control, yet standard stochastic master equation (SME) solvers require exact model specification,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Priyanshi Singh , Krishna Bhatia