2008.08737
The Koopman Expectation: An Operator Theoretic Method for Efficient Analysis and Optimization of Uncertain Hybrid Dynamical Systems
Adam R. Gerlach, Andrew Leonard, Jonathan Rogers, Chris Rackauckas
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The paper states the FP–Koopman adjointness 〈PS f, g〉 = 〈f, US g〉 and its expectation form E[g | PS f] = E[US g | f] as standard facts (their Eqs. (6)–(9)), and then rewrites the FP Expectation Form optimization (Eq. (27)) into the Koopman Expectation Form (Eq. (28)) by invoking this adjoint relationship, given S(I) ⊆ O and Qi(I) ⊆ Ci . The candidate solution provides a standard measure‑theoretic proof of adjointness (indicator→simple→L∞ limit) and then executes the same adjointness-based rewrite with explicit measurability/integrability assumptions and support arguments, matching the paper’s steps but with more detail. Thus both are correct and rely on the same adjointness principle; the model simply fills in technical details that the paper leaves implicit. Key definitions of PS and US used by both appear in Eqs. (3)–(5) , and the optimization spaces I, O, Ci are as defined in Eqs. (23)–(25) .
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\textbf{Recommendation:} minor revisions
\textbf{Journal Tier:} strong field
\textbf{Justification:}
The manuscript accurately states the FP–Koopman adjointness and effectively exploits it to recast expectations and optimization under uncertainty into a computationally advantageous form. The derivations are correct, but a few standard assumptions (measurability, non‑singularity, integrability, support qualifications) are left implicit. A short appendix clarifying these would complete the presentation without changing results.