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Data-Driven Approximation of the Perron-Frobenius Operator Using the Wasserstein Metric

Optimization and Control 2020-11-03 v1 Systems and Control Systems and Control

Abstract

This manuscript introduces a regression-type formulation for approximating the Perron-Frobenius Operator by relying on distributional snapshots of data. These snapshots may represent densities of particles. The Wasserstein metric is leveraged to define a suitable functional optimization in the space of distributions. The formulation allows seeking suitable dynamics so as to interpolate the distributional flow in function space. A first-order necessary condition for optimality is derived and utilized to construct a gradient flow approximating algorithm. The framework is exemplied with numerical simulations.

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@article{arxiv.2011.00759,
  title  = {Data-Driven Approximation of the Perron-Frobenius Operator Using the Wasserstein Metric},
  author = {Amirhossein Karimi and Tryphon T. Georgiou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.00759},
  year   = {2020}
}

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11 pages

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