Delay-adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems with Approximate Neural Operator Predictors

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Main Authors: Bhan, Luke, Krstic, Miroslav, Shi, Yuanyuan
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author Bhan, Luke
Krstic, Miroslav
Shi, Yuanyuan
author_facet Bhan, Luke
Krstic, Miroslav
Shi, Yuanyuan
contents In this work, we propose a rigorous method for implementing predictor feedback controllers in nonlinear systems with unknown and arbitrarily long actuator delays. To address the analytically intractable nature of the predictor, we approximate it using a learned neural operator mapping. This mapping is trained once, offline, and then deployed online, leveraging the fast inference capabilities of neural networks. We provide a theoretical stability analysis based on the universal approximation theorem of neural operators and the transport partial differential equation (PDE) representation of the delay. We then prove, via a Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, semi-global practical convergence of the dynamical system dependent on the approximation error of the predictor and delay bounds. Finally, we validate our theoretical results using a biological activator/repressor system, demonstrating speedups of 15 times compared to traditional numerical methods.
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spellingShingle Delay-adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems with Approximate Neural Operator Predictors
Bhan, Luke
Krstic, Miroslav
Shi, Yuanyuan
Systems and Control
Machine Learning
Dynamical Systems
In this work, we propose a rigorous method for implementing predictor feedback controllers in nonlinear systems with unknown and arbitrarily long actuator delays. To address the analytically intractable nature of the predictor, we approximate it using a learned neural operator mapping. This mapping is trained once, offline, and then deployed online, leveraging the fast inference capabilities of neural networks. We provide a theoretical stability analysis based on the universal approximation theorem of neural operators and the transport partial differential equation (PDE) representation of the delay. We then prove, via a Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, semi-global practical convergence of the dynamical system dependent on the approximation error of the predictor and delay bounds. Finally, we validate our theoretical results using a biological activator/repressor system, demonstrating speedups of 15 times compared to traditional numerical methods.
title Delay-adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems with Approximate Neural Operator Predictors
topic Systems and Control
Machine Learning
Dynamical Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20367