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Data-driven transformations that reformulate nonlinear systems in a linear framework have the potential to enable the prediction, estimation, and control of strongly nonlinear dynamics using linear systems theory. The Koopman operator has…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-11 Eurika Kaiser , J. Nathan Kutz , Steven L. Brunton

Matching dynamical systems, through different forms of conjugacies and equivalences, has long been a fundamental concept, and a powerful tool, in the study and classification of nonlinear dynamic behavior (e.g. through normal forms). In…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-03-08 Erik M. Bollt , Qianxiao Li , Felix Dietrich , Ioannis Kevrekidis

The paper presents a framework for online learning of the Koopman operator using streaming data. Many complex systems for which data-driven modeling and control are sought provide streaming sensor data, the abundance of which can present…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-01 Kartik Loya , Phanindra Tallapragada

This paper presents a novel Koopman composition operator representation framework for control systems in reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces (RKHSs) that is free of explicit dictionary or input parametrizations. By establishing fundamental…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-03 Petar Bevanda , Bas Driessen , Lucian Cristian Iacob , Stefan Sosnowski , Roland Tóth , Sandra Hirche

Koopman operator theory yields powerful tools for modeling, analysis, and control of nonlinear dynamical systems. Prominently, linear time-invariant (LTI) Koopman representations have been proposed to enable the application of linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Johannes Heeg , Karl Worthmann

The Koopman operator is a linear but infinite dimensional operator that governs the evolution of scalar observables defined on the state space of an autonomous dynamical system, and is a powerful tool for the analysis and decomposition of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-07-28 Matthew O. Williams , Ioannis G. Kevrekidis , Clarence W. Rowley

In this paper, we systematically derive a finite set of Koopman based observables to construct a lifted linear state space model that describes the rigid body dynamics based on the dual quaternion representation. In general, the Koopman…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-20 Vrushabh Zinage , Efstathios Bakolas

Offline reinforcement learning leverages large datasets to train policies without interactions with the environment. The learned policies may then be deployed in real-world settings where interactions are costly or dangerous. Current…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-29 Matthias Weissenbacher , Samarth Sinha , Animesh Garg , Yoshinobu Kawahara

The Koopman operator provides a principled framework for analyzing nonlinear dynamical systems through linear operator theory. Recent advances in dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) have shown that trajectory data can be used to identify…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Minchan Jeong , J. Jon Ryu , Se-Young Yun , Gregory W. Wornell

Learning and synthesizing stabilizing controllers for unknown nonlinear control systems is a challenging problem for real-world and industrial applications. Koopman operator theory allows one to analyze nonlinear systems through the lens of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-24 Vrushabh Zinage , Efstathios Bakolas

In this paper, we propose an efficient data-driven predictive control approach for general nonlinear processes based on a reduced-order Koopman operator. A Kalman-based sparse identification of nonlinear dynamics method is employed to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-02 Xuewen Zhang , Minghao Han , Xunyuan Yin

The Koopman and Perron Frobenius transport operators are fundamentally changing how we approach dynamical systems, providing linear representations for even strongly nonlinear dynamics. Although there is tremendous potential benefit of such…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-02-28 Eurika Kaiser , J. Nathan Kutz , Steven L. Brunton

The Koopman framework proposes a linear representation of finite-dimensional nonlinear systems through a generally infinite-dimensional globally linear embedding. Originally, the Koopman formalism has been derived for autonomous systems. In…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-15 Lucian Cristian Iacob , Roland Tóth , Maarten Schoukens

Online optimal control of quadrupedal robots would enable them to plan their movement in novel scenarios. Linear Model Predictive Control (LMPC) has emerged as a practical approach for real-time control. In LMPC, an optimization problem…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Chun-Ming Yang , Pranav A. Bhounsule

We propose a fully data-driven, Koopman-based framework for statistically robust control of discrete-time nonlinear systems with linear embeddings. Establishing a connection between the Koopman operator and contraction theory, it offers…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Koki Hirano , Hiroyasu Tsukamoto

This paper introduces a method for data-driven control based on the Koopman operator model predictive control. Unlike exiting approaches, the method does not require a dictionary and incorporates a nonlinear input transformation, thereby…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-22 Vít Cibulka , Milan Korda , Tomáš Haniš

The accurate modeling of dynamics in interactive environments is critical for successful long-range prediction. Such a capability could advance Reinforcement Learning (RL) and Planning algorithms, but achieving it is challenging.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Arnab Kumar Mondal , Siba Smarak Panigrahi , Sai Rajeswar , Kaleem Siddiqi , Siamak Ravanbakhsh

We consider the training process of a neural network as a dynamical system acting on the high-dimensional weight space. Each epoch is an application of the map induced by the optimization algorithm and the loss function. Using this induced…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-06-23 Iva Manojlović , Maria Fonoberova , Ryan Mohr , Aleksandr Andrejčuk , Zlatko Drmač , Yannis Kevrekidis , Igor Mezić

The highly nonlinear dynamics of vehicles present a major challenge for the practical implementation of optimal and Model Predictive Control (MPC) approaches in path planning and following. Koopman operator theory offers a global linear…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-30 Mohammad Abtahi , Mahdis Rabbani , Armin Abdolmohammadi , Shima Nazari

We develop a data-driven, model-free approach for the optimal control of the dynamical system. The proposed approach relies on the Deep Neural Network (DNN) based learning of Koopman operator for the purpose of control. In particular, DNN…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-16 Yiqiang Han , Wenjian Hao , Umesh Vaidya