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We address the optimal dynamic formation problem in mobile leader-follower networks where an optimal formation is generated to maximize a given objective function while continuously preserving connectivity. We show that in a convex mission…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-08-20 Xinmiao Sun , Christos G. Cassandras

In supervised learning, the output variable to be predicted is often represented as a function, such as a spectrum or probability distribution. Despite its importance, functional output regression remains relatively unexplored. In this…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-03-19 Minoru Kusaba , Megumi Iwayama , Ryo Yoshida

We propose a scheme for data-driven parameterization of unresolved dimensions of dynamical systems based on the mathematical framework of quantum mechanics and Koopman operator theory. Given a system in which some components of the state…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-08-09 David Freeman , Dimitrios Giannakis , Joanna Slawinska

We discuss a super bra-ket formalism for quasi-Hermitian Liouvillian operators within the framework of rigged Hilbert spaces (RHS). An RHS in terms of the Liouville space, referred to as a rigged Liouville space (RLS), is reconstructed by…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-04-30 Shousuke Ohmori , Junichi Takahashi

In the domain of hierarchical planning, compositionality, abstraction, and task transfer are crucial for designing algorithms that can efficiently solve a variety of problems with maximal representational reuse. Many real-world problems…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-12 Thomas J. Ringstrom , Mohammadhosein Hasanbeig , Alessandro Abate

Derivative based optimization methods are efficient at solving optimal control problems near local optima. However, their ability to converge halts when derivative information vanishes. The inference approach to optimal control does not…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-01 Daniel Layeghi , Steve Tonneau , Michael Mistry

Reinforcement learning (RL) policies represented in Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces (RKHS) offer powerful representational capabilities. While second-order optimization methods like Newton's method demonstrate faster convergence than…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Yixian Zhang , Huaze Tang , Chao Wang , Wenbo Ding

We consider learning in decentralized heterogeneous networks: agents seek to minimize a convex functional that aggregates data across the network, while only having access to their local data streams. We focus on the case where agents seek…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-02 Hrusikesha Pradhan , Amrit Singh Bedi , Alec Koppel , Ketan Rajawat

Optimal Control (OC) is the process of determining control and state trajectories for a dynamic system, over a period of time, in order to optimize a given performance index. With the increasing of variables and complexity, OC problems can…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-09-02 Helena Sofia Rodrigues , M. Teresa T. Monteiro , Delfim F. M. Torres

In this paper we consider autonomous driving of miniature race cars. The viability kernel is used to efficiently generate finite look-ahead trajectories that maximize progress while remaining recursively feasible with respect to static…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-12-12 Alexander Liniger , John Lygeros

The framework of deep operator network (DeepONet) has been widely exploited thanks to its capability of solving high dimensional partial differential equations. In this paper, we incorporate DeepONet with a recently developed policy…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-18 Jae Yong Lee , Yeoneung Kim

We introduce algebraic approach for superoperators that might be useful tool for investigation of quantum (bosonic) multi-mode systems and its dynamics. In order to demonstrate potential of proposed method we consider multi-mode Liouvillian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-05 Andrei Gaidash , Anton Kozubov , Alexei Kiselev , George Miroshnichenko

Optimal control of a mobile robot system is formulated. Multiobjective criteria of time and energy is employed. The optimal control problem is formulated as a nonlinear programming problem (NLP). The problem is solved using the direct…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-12-30 Mohamad Shahab , Amar Khoukhi , Fouad Al-Sunni

A kernel-based framework for spatio-temporal data analysis is introduced that applies in situations when the underlying system dynamics are governed by a dynamic equation. The key ingredient is a representer theorem that involves…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2020-11-16 Oleg Szehr , Dario Azzimonti , Laura Azzimonti

In modern robotics, effectively computing optimal control policies under dynamically varying environments poses substantial challenges to the off-the-shelf parametric policy gradient methods, such as the Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-29 Apan Dastider , Mingjie Lin

In this paper, we illustrate the effectiveness of reproducing kernel Hilbert space techniques in the study of composition operators. For weighted Hardy spaces on the unit disk, we characterize the composition operators whose adjoint is…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-28 Preeti Kumari , P. Muthukumar , Antti Rasila

This paper presents an efficient numerical method for solving fractional optimal control problems using an operational matrix for a fractional wavelet. Using well-known formulae such as Caputo and Riemann-Liouville operators to determine…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-11 S. Saha Ray , Akanksha Singh

This paper develops a nonlinear operator dynamic that progressively removes the influence of a prescribed feature subspace while retaining maximal structure elsewhere. The induced sequence of positive operators is monotone, admits an exact…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-12-05 James Tian

Motivated by applications to the study of stochastic processes, we introduce a new analysis of positive definite kernels $K$, their reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHS), and an associated family of feature spaces that may be chosen in…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2017-07-27 Palle Jorgensen , Feng Tian

Many dimensionality and model reduction techniques rely on estimating dominant eigenfunctions of associated dynamical operators from data. Important examples include the Koopman operator and its generator, but also the Schr\"odinger…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-04-06 Stefan Klus , Feliks Nüske , Boumediene Hamzi