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The Koopman operator theory is an increasingly popular formalism of dynamical systems theory which enables analysis and prediction of the nonlinear dynamics from measurement data. Building on the recent development of the Koopman model…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-06-08 Hassan Arbabi , Milan Korda , Igor Mezic

This paper proposes a unified family of learnable Koopman operator parameterizations that integrate linear dynamical systems theory with modern deep learning forecasting architectures. We introduce four learnable Koopman…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Ali Forootani , Raffaele Iervolino

The discovery of linear embedding is the key to the synthesis of linear control techniques for nonlinear systems. In recent years, while Koopman operator theory has become a prominent approach for learning these linear embeddings through…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Rajpal Singh , Chandan Kumar Sah , Jishnu Keshavan

Koopman operator theory has emerged as a leading data-driven approach that relies on a judicious choice of observable functions to realize global linear representations of nonlinear systems in the lifted observable space. However,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Aditya Singh , Rajpal Singh , Jishnu Keshavan

The Koopman operator is a mathematical tool that allows for a linear description of non-linear systems, but working in infinite dimensional spaces. Dynamic Mode Decomposition and Extended Dynamic Mode Decomposition are amongst the most…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-26 Francesco Zanini , Alessandro Chiuso

A systematic mathematical framework for the study of numerical algorithms would allow comparisons, facilitate conjugacy arguments, as well as enable the discovery of improved, accelerated, data-driven algorithms. Over the course of the last…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-20 Felix Dietrich , Thomas N. Thiem , Ioannis G. Kevrekidis

In this work, we explore finite-dimensional linear representations of nonlinear dynamical systems by restricting the Koopman operator to an invariant subspace. The Koopman operator is an infinite-dimensional linear operator that evolves…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-04-27 Steven L. Brunton , Bingni W. Brunton , Joshua L. Proctor , J. Nathan Kutz

Koopman-based learning methods can potentially be practical and powerful tools for dynamical robotic systems. However, common methods to construct Koopman representations seek to learn lifted linear models that cannot capture nonlinear…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-05-18 Carl Folkestad , Joel W. Burdick

Identifying coordinate transformations that make strongly nonlinear dynamics approximately linear is a central challenge in modern dynamical systems. These transformations have the potential to enable prediction, estimation, and control of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-03-06 Bethany Lusch , J. Nathan Kutz , Steven L. Brunton

Controlling robots with strongly nonlinear, high-dimensional dynamics remains challenging, as direct nonlinear optimization with safety constraints is often intractable in real time. The Koopman operator offers a way to represent nonlinear…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Sebin Jung , Abulikemu Abuduweili , Jiaxing Li , Changliu Liu

Koopman analysis of a general dynamics system provides a linear Koopman operator and an embedded eigenfunction space, enabling the application of standard techniques from linear analysis. However, in practice, deriving exact operators and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-29 Alexander Estornell , Leonard Jung , Alenna Spiro , Mario Sznaier , Michael Everett

The Koopman operator provides a linear perspective on non-linear dynamics by focusing on the evolution of observables in an invariant subspace. Observables of interest are typically linearly reconstructed from the Koopman eigenfunctions.…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-03-06 Shaowu Pan , Karthik Duraisamy

Controlling nonlinear dynamical systems remains a central challenge in a wide range of applications, particularly when accurate first-principle models are unavailable. Data-driven approaches offer a promising alternative by designing…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-23 Robin Strässer , Karl Worthmann , Igor Mezić , Julian Berberich , Manuel Schaller , Frank Allgöwer

We provide a framework for learning of dynamical systems rooted in the concept of representations and Koopman operators. The interplay between the two leads to the full description of systems that can be represented linearly in a finite…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2020-10-13 Igor Mezic

Koopman operator theory provides a global linear representation of nonlinear dynamics and underpins many data-driven methods. In practice, however, finite-dimensional feature spaces induced by a user-chosen dictionary are rarely invariant,…

This paper reports a theory of Koopman operators for a class of hybrid dynamical systems with globally asymptotically stable periodic orbits, called hybrid limit-cycling systems. We leverage smooth structures intrinsic to the hybrid…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-11-07 Natsuki Katayama , Yoshihiko Susuki

The Koopman operator has recently garnered much attention for its value in dynamical systems analysis and data-driven model discovery. However, its application has been hindered by the computational complexity of extended dynamic mode…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-12-11 Enoch Yeung , Soumya Kundu , Nathan Hodas

Koopman operators provide a linear framework for data-driven analyses of nonlinear dynamical systems, but their infinite-dimensional nature presents major computational challenges. In this article, we offer an introductory guide to Koopman…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-28 Matthew J. Colbrook , Zlatko Drmač , Andrew Horning

Soft robots are challenging to model due in large part to the nonlinear properties of soft materials. Fortunately, this softness makes it possible to safely observe their behavior under random control inputs, making them amenable to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-05-03 Daniel Bruder , C. David Remy , Ram Vasudevan

The Koopman operator is an useful analytical tool for studying dynamical systems -- both controlled and uncontrolled. For example, Koopman eigenfunctions can provide non-local stability information about the underlying dynamical system.…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2020-05-01 Craig Bakker , Thiagarajan Ramachandran , W. Steven Rosenthal