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We propose the application of Koopman operator theory for the design of stabilizing feedback controller for a nonlinear control system. The proposed approach is data-driven and relies on the use of time-series data generated from the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-24 Bowen Huang , Xu Ma , Umesh Vaidya

Most modern reinforcement learning algorithms optimize a cumulative single-step cost along a trajectory. The optimized motions are often 'unnatural', representing, for example, behaviors with sudden accelerations that waste energy and lack…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-03 Motoya Ohnishi , Isao Ishikawa , Kendall Lowrey , Masahiro Ikeda , Sham Kakade , Yoshinobu Kawahara

We analytically solve the finite-time control problem of driving an overdamped particle via an optical trap under costly measurement. By formulating this mesoscopic information engine within the Partially Observable Markov Decision Process…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-10 Emanuele Panizon

In this paper, we describe a constrained Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalism for the optimal control of nonholonomic mechanical systems. In particular, we aim to minimize a cost functional, given initial and final conditions where the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-12-24 Anthony Bloch , Leonardo Colombo , Rohit Gupta , David Martin de Diego

This paper proposes a Koopman-based framework for modeling, prediction, and control of unknown nonlinear time-varying systems. We present a novel Koopman-based learning method for predicting the state of unknown nonlinear time-varying…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-30 Hengde Zhang , Yunxiao Ren , Zhisheng Duan , Zhiyong Sun , Guanrong Chen

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

In this paper, a novel Koopman-type inverse operator for linear time-invariant non-minimum phase systems with stochastic disturbances is proposed. This operator employs functions of the desired output to directly calculate the input.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-09 Yuhan Li , Xiaoqiang Ji

Inverse optimal control (IOC) is about estimating an unknown objective of interest given its optimal control sequence. However, truly optimal demonstrations are often difficult to obtain, e.g., due to human errors or inaccurate…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-07 Rahel Rickenbach , Anna Scampicchio , Melanie N. Zeilinger

In this paper we develop a novel, discrete-time optimal control framework for mechanical systems with uncertain model parameters. We consider finite-horizon problems where the performance index depends on the statistical moments of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-05-17 George I. Boutselis , Yunpeng Pan , Gerardo De La Tore , Evangelos A. Theodorou

This paper considers optimal control of dynamical systems which are represented by nonlinear stochastic differential equations. It is well-known that the optimal control policy for this problem can be obtained as a function of a value…

Robotics · Computer Science 2014-05-30 Oktay Arslan , Evangelos Theodorou , Panagiotis Tsiotras

Nonlinear dynamical systems can be made easier to control by lifting them into the space of observable functions, where their evolution is described by the linear Koopman operator. This paper describes how the Koopman operator can be used…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-16 Daniel Bruder , Xun Fu , Ram Vasudevan

In this paper, a novel design scheme is introduced to solve the optimal control problem for nonlinear systems with unsymmetrical and state-dependent input constraints. By introducing an initial stabilizing control policy as the baseline of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-18 Yangguang Yu , Xiangke Wang , Zhiyong Sun , Lincheng Shen

In this work, we propose a meta-learning-based Koopman modeling and predictive control approach for nonlinear systems with parametric uncertainties. An adaptive deep meta-learning-based modeling approach, called Meta Adaptive Koopman…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-01 Minghao Han , Kiwan Wong , Adrian Wing-Keung Law , Xunyuan Yin

This paper presents a new and straightforward procedure for solving bilinear quadratic optimal control problem. In this method, first the original optimal control problem is transformed into a nonlinear twopoint boundary value problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-02-09 Hamidreza Ramezanpour , Saeed Setayeshi , Hossein Arabalibeik , Amin Jajarmi

This paper addresses the inverse optimal control for the linear quadratic tracking problem with a fixed but unknown target state, which aims to estimate the possible triplets comprising the target state, the state weight matrix, and the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-14 Yao Li , Chengpu Yu , Hao Fang , Jie Chen

This paper presents an inverse optimality method to solve the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation for a class of nonlinear problems for which the cost is quadratic and the dynamics are affine in the input. The method is inverse optimal because…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-10-11 Luis Rodrigues , Didier Henrion , Mehdi Abedinpour Fallah

Mobile robot navigation can be challenged by system uncertainty. For example, ground friction may vary abruptly causing slipping, and noisy sensor data can lead to inaccurate feedback control. Traditional model-based methods may be limited…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-01 Xiaobin Zhang , Mohamed Karim Bouafoura , Lu Shi , Konstantinos Karydis

The modeling of nonlinear dynamics based on Koopman operator theory, which is originally applicable only to autonomous systems with no control, is extended to non-autonomous control system without approximation to input matrix B. Prevailing…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-23 H. Harry Asada , Jose A. Solano-Castellanos

In this work, a predictive control framework is presented for feedback stabilization of nonlinear systems. To achieve this, we integrate Koopman operator theory with Lyapunov-based model predictive control (LMPC). The main idea is to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-26 Abhinav Narasingam , Joseph Sang-Il Kwon

Infinite-time nonlinear optimal regulation control is widely utilized in aerospace engineering as a systematic method for synthesizing stable controllers. However, conventional methods often rely on linearization hypothesis, while recent…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-13 Han Wang , Di Wu , Lin Cheng , Shengping Gong , Xu Huang