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Representation of chance-constraints with strong asymptotic guarantees

Optimization and Control 2017-05-17 v2

Abstract

Given ϵ(0,1)\epsilon \in (0,1), a probability measure μ\mu on ΩRp\Omega\subset\mathbb{R}^p and a semi-algebraic set KX×ΩK\subset X\times\Omega, we consider the feasible set Xϵ={xX:Prob[(x,ω)K]1ϵ}X^*_\epsilon=\{x\in X:{\rm Prob}[(x,\omega)\in K]\geq 1-\epsilon\} associated with a chance-constraint. We provide a sequence of outer approximations Xϵd={xX:hd(x)0}X^d_\epsilon=\{x\in X: h_d(x)\geq0\}, dNd\in\mathbb{N}, where hdh_d is a polynomial of degree dd whose vector of coefficients is an optimal solution of a semidefinite program. The size of the latter increases with the degree dd. We also obtain the strong and highly desirable asymptotic guarantee that λ(XϵdXϵ)0\lambda(X^d_\epsilon\setminus X^*_\epsilon)\to0 as dd increases, where λ\lambda is the Lebesgue measure on XX. Inner approximations with same guarantees are also obtained.

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@article{arxiv.1703.03749,
  title  = {Representation of chance-constraints with strong asymptotic guarantees},
  author = {Jean-Bernard Lasserre},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.03749},
  year   = {2017}
}

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To appear in IEEE Control Systems Letters