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This paper develops methods for proving Lyapunov stability of dynamical systems subject to disturbances with an unknown distribution. We assume only a finite set of disturbance samples is available and that the true online disturbance…

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We introduce ImitationFlow, a novel Deep generative model that allows learning complex globally stable, stochastic, nonlinear dynamics. Our approach extends the Normalizing Flows framework to learn stable Stochastic Differential Equations.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-27 Julen Urain , Michelle Ginesi , Davide Tateo , Jan Peters

The optimization problems with simple bounds are an important class of problems. To facilitate the computation of such problems, an unconstrained-like dynamic method, motivated by the Lyapunov control principle, is proposed. This method…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-19 Sheng Zhang , Xin Du , Fang-Fang Hu , Jiang-Tao Huang

This paper is concerned with stability analysis of nonlinear time-varying systems by using Lyapunov function based approach. The classical Lyapunov stability theorems are generalized in the sense that the time-derivative of the Lyapunov…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-08-18 Bin Zhou

In this paper, we introduce a novel class of neural differential equation, which are intrinsically Lyapunov stable, exponentially stable or passive. We take a recently proposed Polyak Lojasiewicz network (PLNet) as an Lyapunov function and…

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In this paper, we introduce a data-driven modeling approach for dynamics problems with latent variables. The state-space of the proposed model includes artificial latent variables, in addition to observed variables that can be fitted to a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-19 Yushuang Luo , Xiantao Li , Wenrui Hao

System identification in control theory aims to approximate dynamical systems from trajectory data. While neural networks have demonstrated strong predictive accuracy, they often fail to preserve critical physical properties such as…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-01 Amit Jena , Na Li , Le Xie

We develop a finite-dimensional sensitivity framework for studying stability in learning systems whose states include representations, parameters, and update variables. The central object is the \emph{Learning Stability Profile}, a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Ronald Katende

As a first approach to the study of systems coupling finite and infinite dimensional natures, this article addresses the stability of a system of ordinary differential equations coupled with a classic heat equation using a Lyapunov…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-12 Lucie Baudouin , Alexandre Seuret , Frédéric Gouaisbaut

Out of the recent advances in systems and control (S\&C)-based analysis of optimization algorithms, not enough work has been specifically dedicated to machine learning (ML) algorithms and its applications. This paper addresses this gap by…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-02-15 Orlando Romero , Subhro Das , Pin-Yu Chen , Sérgio Pequito

The problem of controlling hybrid dynamical systems using model predictive control (MPC) is formulated and sufficient conditions for asymptotic stability of a set are provided. Hybrid dynamical systems are modeled in terms of hybrid…

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We study the problem of robust global stabilization in control-affine systems, focusing on dynamic uncertainties in the control directions \emph{and} the presence of topological obstructions that prevent the existence of smooth global…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-10 Mahmoud Abdelgalil , Jorge I. Poveda

This brief gives a set of unified Lyapunov stability conditions to guarantee the predefined-time/finite-time stability of a dynamical systems. The derived Lyapunov theorem for autonomous systems establishes equivalence with existing…

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Determination of stability and instability of singular points in nonlinear dynamical systems is an important issue that has attracted considerable attention in different fields of engineering and science. So far, different well-defined…

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Lyapunov's indirect method is an attractive method for analyzing stability of non-linear systems since only the stability of the corresponding linearized system needs to be determined. Unfortunately, the proof for finite-dimensional systems…

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While distributed parameter estimation has been extensively studied in the literature, little has been achieved in terms of robust analysis and tuning methods in the presence of disturbances. However, disturbances such as measurement noise…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-26 Nicolai Lorenz-Meyer , Juan G. Rueda-Escobedo , Jaime A. Moreno , Johannes Schiffer

This technical note studies Lyapunov-like conditions to ensure a class of dynamical systems to exhibit predefined-time stability. The origin of a dynamical system is predefined-time stable if it is fixed-time stable and an upper bound of…

This paper introduces a framework for learning a minimum-norm stabilizing controller for a system with unknown dynamics using model-free policy optimization methods. The approach begins by first designing a Control Lyapunov Function (CLF)…

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