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Using SOS and Sublevel Set Volume Minimization for Estimation of Forward Reachable Sets

Dynamical Systems 2019-02-01 v1

Abstract

In this paper we propose a convex Sum-of-Squares optimization problem for finding outer approximations of forward reachable sets for nonlinear uncertain Ordinary Differential Equations (ODE's) with either (or both) L2 or point-wise bounded input disturbances. To make our approximations tight we seek to minimize the volume of our approximation set. Our approach to volume minimization is based on the use of a convex determinant-like objective function. We provide several numerical examples including the Lorenz system and the Van der Pol oscillator.

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@article{arxiv.1901.11174,
  title  = {Using SOS and Sublevel Set Volume Minimization for Estimation of Forward Reachable Sets},
  author = {Morgan Jones and Matthew M. Peet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.11174},
  year   = {2019}
}
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