Dissipativity Analysis of Nonlinear Systems: A Linear--Radial Kernel-based Approach
This provides a method for analyzing and controlling nonlinear systems when accurate models are unavailable, representing an incremental improvement over existing approaches.
The paper tackles the problem of estimating dissipativity for nonlinear systems from empirical data by using a Koopman operator model in a reproducing kernel Hilbert space with a linear-radial kernel, resulting in a finite-dimensional convex optimization formulation with a statistical learning bound for probabilistic correctness.
Estimating the dissipativity of nonlinear systems from empirical data is useful for the analysis and control of nonlinear systems, especially when an accurate model is unavailable. Based on a Koopman operator model of the nonlinear system on a reproducing kernel Hilbert space (RKHS), the storage function and supply rate functions are expressed as kernel quadratic forms, through which the dissipative inequality is expressed as a linear operator inequality. The RKHS is specified by a linear--radial kernel, which inherently encode the information of equilibrium point, thus ensuring that all functions in the RKHS are locally at least linear around the origin and that kernel quadratic forms are locally at least quadratic, which expressively generalize conventional quadratic forms including sum-of-squares polynomials. Based on the kernel matrices of the sampled data, the dissipativity estimation can be posed as a finite-dimensional convex optimization problem, and a statistical learning bound can be derived on the kernel quadratic form for the probabilistic approximate correctness of dissipativity estimation.