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This paper investigates Koopman operator-based approaches for multivariable control of a two-spool turbofan engine. A physics-based component-level model is developed to generate training data and validate the controllers. A meta-heuristic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-06 David Grasev

Safe and efficient motion planning is of fundamental importance for autonomous vehicles. This paper investigates motion planning based on nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) over a neural network vehicle model. We aim to overcome the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Iman Askari , Yebin Wang , Vedeng M. Deshpande , Huazhen Fang

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

In this paper, we consider the design of data-driven predictive controllers for nonlinear systems from input-output data via linear-in-control input Koopman lifted models. Instead of identifying and simulating a Koopman model to predict…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-03 Thomas de Jong , Valentina Breschi , Maarten Schoukens , Mircea Lazar

Nonlinear dynamics and safety constraints typically result in a nonlinear programming problem when applying model predictive control to achieve safe output consensus. To avoid the heavy computational burden of solving a nonlinear…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Chao Wang , Shuyuan Zhang , Lei Wang

We use Koopman theory for data-driven model reduction of nonlinear dynamical systems with controls. We propose generic model structures combining delay-coordinate encoding of measurements and full-state decoding to integrate reduced Koopman…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-10 Jan C. Schulze , Alexander Mitsos

A computationally efficient nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) algorithm is proposed for safe learning-based control with a system model represented by an incompletely known affine combination of basis functions and subject to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-19 Johannes Buerger , Mark Cannon

When Model Predictive Control (MPC) is used in real-time to control linear systems, quadratic programs (QPs) need to be solved within a limited time frame. Recently, several parametric methods have been proposed that certify the number of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-24 Daniel Arnström , Daniel Axehill

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

This paper continues in the work from arXiv:1903.06103 [math.OC] where a nonlinear vehicle model was approximated in a purely data-driven manner by a linear predictor of higher order, namely the Koopman operator. The vehicle system…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-09 Vít Cibulka , Milan Korda , Tomáš Haniš , Martin Hromčík

In this paper, we present a novel solution for real-time, Non-Linear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) exploiting a time-mesh refinement strategy. The proposed controller formulates the Optimal Control Problem (OCP) in terms of flat outputs…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-06-15 Ciro Potena , Bartolomeo Della Corte , Daniele Nardi , Giorgio Grisetti , Alberto Pretto

In this paper we introduce MATMPC, an open source software built in MATLAB for nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC). It is designed to facilitate modelling, controller design and simulation for a wide class of NMPC applications. MATMPC…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-09-24 Yutao Chen , Mattia Bruschetta , Enrico Picotti , Alessandro Beghi

We present a versatile nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) formulation for quadrupedal locomotion. Our formulation jointly optimizes a base trajectory and a set of footholds over a finite time horizon based on simplified dynamics…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-22 Dongho Kang , Flavio De Vincenti , Stelian Coros

This paper focuses on the trajectory tracking control problem for an articulated unmanned ground vehicle. We propose and compare two approaches in terms of performance and computational complexity. The first uses a nonlinear mathematical…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-26 Erkan Kayacan , Wouter Saeys , Herman Ramon , Calin Belta , Joshua M. Peschel

This paper presents a data-learned linear Koopman embedding of nonlinear networked dynamics and uses it to enable real-time model predictive emergency voltage control in a power network. The approach involves a novel data-driven…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-06 Ramij R. Hossain , Rahmat Adesunkanmi , Ratnesh Kumar

We propose a computationally efficient nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) algorithm for safe, learning-based control. The system model is represented as an affine combination of basis functions with unknown parameters, and is subject…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-06 Johannes Buerger , Mark Cannon

Model predictive control (MPC) anticipates future events to take appropriate control actions. Nonlinear MPC (NMPC) describes systems with nonlinear models and/or constraints. A Continuation/GMRES Method for NMPC, suggested by T. Ohtsuka in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-09-10 Andrew Knyazev , Yuta Fujii , Alexander Malyshev

Motion Cueing Algorithms (MCAs) encode the movement of simulated vehicles into movement that can be reproduced with a motion simulator to provide a realistic driving experience within the capabilities of the machine. This paper introduces a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-11 Camilo Gonzalez Arango , Houshyar Asadi , Mohammad Reza Chalak Qazani , Chee Peng Lim

Nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) often requires real-time solution to optimization problems. However, in cases where the mathematical model is of high dimension in the solution space, e.g. for solution of partial differential…

This paper extends the Willems' Fundamental Lemma to nonlinear control-affine systems using the Koopman bilinear realization. This enables us to bypass the Extended Dynamic Mode Decomposition (EDMD)-based system identification step in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-07 Zuxun Xiong , Zhenyi Yuan , Keyan Miao , Han Wang , Jorge Cortes , Antonis Papachristodoulou