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Main Authors: Györök, Bendegúz, Drenth, Roel, Verhoek, Chris, Péni, Tamás, Schoukens, Maarten, Tóth, Roland
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11421
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author Györök, Bendegúz
Drenth, Roel
Verhoek, Chris
Péni, Tamás
Schoukens, Maarten
Tóth, Roland
author_facet Györök, Bendegúz
Drenth, Roel
Verhoek, Chris
Péni, Tamás
Schoukens, Maarten
Tóth, Roland
contents The integration of first-principles models with learning-based components, i.e., model augmentation, has gained increasing attention, as it offers higher model accuracy and faster convergence properties compared to black-box approaches, while generating physically interpretable models. Recently, a unified formulation has been proposed that generalizes existing model augmentation structures, utilizing linear fractional representations (LFRs). However, several potential benefits of the approach remain underexplored. In this work, we address three key limitations. First, the added flexibility of LFRs also introduces possible algebraic loops, i.e., a problem of well-posedness. To address this challenge, we propose a constraint-free direct parametrization of the model structure with a well-posedness guarantee. Second, we introduce a constraint-free parametrization that ensures stability of the overall model augmentation structure via contraction. Third, we adopt an efficient identification pipeline capable of handling non-smooth cost functions, such as group-lasso regularization, which facilitates automatic model order selection and discovery of the required augmentation configuration. These contributions are demonstrated on various simulation and benchmark identification examples.
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spellingShingle Data-driven augmentation of first-principles models under constraint-free well-posedness and stability guarantees
Györök, Bendegúz
Drenth, Roel
Verhoek, Chris
Péni, Tamás
Schoukens, Maarten
Tóth, Roland
Systems and Control
The integration of first-principles models with learning-based components, i.e., model augmentation, has gained increasing attention, as it offers higher model accuracy and faster convergence properties compared to black-box approaches, while generating physically interpretable models. Recently, a unified formulation has been proposed that generalizes existing model augmentation structures, utilizing linear fractional representations (LFRs). However, several potential benefits of the approach remain underexplored. In this work, we address three key limitations. First, the added flexibility of LFRs also introduces possible algebraic loops, i.e., a problem of well-posedness. To address this challenge, we propose a constraint-free direct parametrization of the model structure with a well-posedness guarantee. Second, we introduce a constraint-free parametrization that ensures stability of the overall model augmentation structure via contraction. Third, we adopt an efficient identification pipeline capable of handling non-smooth cost functions, such as group-lasso regularization, which facilitates automatic model order selection and discovery of the required augmentation configuration. These contributions are demonstrated on various simulation and benchmark identification examples.
title Data-driven augmentation of first-principles models under constraint-free well-posedness and stability guarantees
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11421