arXiv Machine Learning

KKL Observer Synthesis for Nonlinear Systems via Physics-Informed Learning

arXiv:2501. 11655v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: This paper proposes a novel learning approach for designing Kazantzis-Kravaris or nonlinear Luenberger (KKL) observers for autonomous nonlinear systems.

arXiv AI
Aug 28

Physics-Informed Stochastic Configuration Machine: A Backpropagation-Free Neural Network with Fast Training for Nonlinear Differential Equations

The paper introduces the Physics-Informed Stochastic Configuration Machine (PI‑SCM), a backpropagation‑free neural network designed for solving nonlinear differential equations. By analytically evaluating local Jacobians, PI‑SCM linearizes the physical loss, enabling optimal weight determination through generalized linear least squares and avoiding iterative nonlinear optimization. The authors present a progressive algorithmic suite—PI‑SC‑I, PI‑SC‑II, and PI‑SC‑III—prove their universal approximation properties, and show through experiments that PI‑SCM achieves high‑fidelity predictions and parameter identification while accelerating training by orders of magnitude compared to standard PINNs.

By Yuehao Song (School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha, China), Zhong Chen (School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha, China), Lihui Cen (School of Automation, Central South University, Changsha, China), Liang Wu (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA), Kai Zhang (State Key Laboratory of Simulation and Regulation of Water Cycle in River Basin, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing, China)
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 19

Neural Operator-Based Nonlinear Nudging for Chaotic Dynamical Systems

The paper introduces neural network nudging, a data‑driven method for learning observation‑driven control terms in nonlinear state‑space models. It builds on Kazantzis–Kravaris–Luenberger observer theory to prove the existence of such terms and demonstrates the approach on three chaotic benchmarks: Lorenz 96, Kuramoto–Sivashinsky, and Kolmogorov flow.

By Jaemin Oh, Jinsil Lee, Youngjoon Hong
arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 17

RTS Smoother-Guided Learning of Physics-Based Neural Differential Models

arXiv:2607. 15180v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Ordinary differential equations (ODEs) are widely used to model dynamical systems in physics, biology, neuroscience, and physiology, but in many applications some equations of the dynamics are unknown and only a subset of the state variables are measured.

By Ahmet Demirkaya, Georgios Stratis, Tales Imbiriba, Zachary D. Danziger, Deniz Erdogmus
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 15

Linearized PINN with pretrained nonlinear layers

The paper introduces a linearized Physics-Informed Neural Network (lPINN), a reduced‑order neural basis approach for solving forward and inverse differential equations. In an offline phase, lPINN learns continuous, differentiable neural basis functions from numerical solutions, which are then frozen for new problem instances; the online solution is obtained by minimizing the governing‑equation residual with additional constraints. Experiments on advection‑diffusion, Burgers', and nonlinear pendulum equations show that lPINN achieves lower solution and parameter errors than vanilla PINNs while reducing online inference times by up to three orders of magnitude, and its continuous representation generalizes to finer meshes without retraining.

By Wenhao Chen, Alexandre M. Tartakovsky
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 4

Certified Neural Approximations of Nonlinear Dynamics

arXiv:2505. 15497v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Neural networks hold great potential to act as approximate models of nonlinear dynamical systems, with the resulting neural approximations enabling verification and control of such systems.

By Frederik Baymler Mathiesen, Nikolaus Vertovec, Francesco Fabiano, Luca Laurenti, Alessandro Abate
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 14

History-informed Lagrangian Neural Networks

arXiv:2608. 13215v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Forecasting the long-horizon evolution of mechanical systems from position-only observations is a pivotal yet difficult task, as hidden velocities and trajectory-specific physical properties must be inferred simultaneously.

By Tianshuo Zhang, Xianglei Xing, Wenzhe Zhai, Jia Gao, He Cao
arXiv Machine Learning
5d ago

Learning Provable Neural Network Observer for Uncertain Dynamical Systems

The paper introduces a two‑stage training framework for neural network observers that guarantees Lyapunov stability for uncertain dynamical systems. First, a point‑guided Lyapunov pre‑training phase quickly achieves high estimation accuracy and local stability over sampled states. Second, an LMI fine‑tuning phase efficiently enforces a strict global Lyapunov stability certificate, yielding provably stable observers that train faster than direct LMI methods and generalize robustly across diverse systems.

By Zhangyi Wang, Jiaxu Liu, Chen Song, Chao Xu, Shengze Cai