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Main Authors: Hoover, Randy C., James, Jacob, May, Paul, Caudle, Kyle
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26923
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author Hoover, Randy C.
James, Jacob
May, Paul
Caudle, Kyle
author_facet Hoover, Randy C.
James, Jacob
May, Paul
Caudle, Kyle
contents Parametric models deployed in non-stationary environments degrade as the underlying data distribution evolves over time (a phenomenon known as temporal domain drift). In the current work, we present KOMET (Koopman Operator identification of Model parameter Evolution under Temporal drift), a model-agnostic, data-driven framework that treats the sequence of trained parameter vectors as the trajectory of a nonlinear dynamical system and identifies its governing linear operator via Extended Dynamic Mode Decomposition (EDMD). A warm-start sequential training protocol enforces parameter-trajectory smoothness, and a Fourier-augmented observable dictionary exploits the periodic structure inherent in many real-world distribution drifts. Once identified, KOMET's Koopman operator predicts future parameter trajectories autonomously, without access to future labeled data, enabling zero-retraining adaptation at deployment. Evaluated on six datasets spanning rotating, oscillating, and expanding distribution geometries, KOMET achieves mean autonomous-rollout accuracies between 0.981 and 1.000 over 100 held-out time steps. Spectral and coupling analyses further reveal interpretable dynamical structure consistent with the geometry of the drifting decision boundary.
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spellingShingle Koopman Operator Identification of Model Parameter Trajectories for Temporal Domain Generalization (KOMET)
Hoover, Randy C.
James, Jacob
May, Paul
Caudle, Kyle
Machine Learning
Dynamical Systems
Parametric models deployed in non-stationary environments degrade as the underlying data distribution evolves over time (a phenomenon known as temporal domain drift). In the current work, we present KOMET (Koopman Operator identification of Model parameter Evolution under Temporal drift), a model-agnostic, data-driven framework that treats the sequence of trained parameter vectors as the trajectory of a nonlinear dynamical system and identifies its governing linear operator via Extended Dynamic Mode Decomposition (EDMD). A warm-start sequential training protocol enforces parameter-trajectory smoothness, and a Fourier-augmented observable dictionary exploits the periodic structure inherent in many real-world distribution drifts. Once identified, KOMET's Koopman operator predicts future parameter trajectories autonomously, without access to future labeled data, enabling zero-retraining adaptation at deployment. Evaluated on six datasets spanning rotating, oscillating, and expanding distribution geometries, KOMET achieves mean autonomous-rollout accuracies between 0.981 and 1.000 over 100 held-out time steps. Spectral and coupling analyses further reveal interpretable dynamical structure consistent with the geometry of the drifting decision boundary.
title Koopman Operator Identification of Model Parameter Trajectories for Temporal Domain Generalization (KOMET)
topic Machine Learning
Dynamical Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26923