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We consider robust control synthesis for linear systems with complex specifications that are affected by uncertain disturbances. This work is motivated by autonomous systems interacting with partially known, time-varying environments. Given…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-08-27 Damian Frick , Tony A. Wood , Gian Ulli , Maryam Kamgarpour

We present a method for synthesizing controllers to steer trajectories from an initial set to a target set on a finite time horizon. The proposed control synthesis problem is decomposed into two steps. The first step under-approximates the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-10-02 He Yin , Andrew Packard , Murat Arcak , Pete Seiler

Shield synthesis is an approach to enforce a set of safety-critical properties of a reactive system at runtime. A shield monitors the system and corrects any erroneous output values instantaneously. The shield deviates from the given…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-04-16 Laura Humphrey , Bettina Könighofer , Robert Könighofer , Ufuk Topcu

We propose a formal design framework for synthesizing coordination and control policies for cooperative multi-agent systems to accomplish a global mission. The global performance requirements are specified as regular languages while…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-07-19 Jin Dai , Alessandro Benini , Hai Lin , Panos J. Antsaklis , Matthew J. Rutherford , Kimon P. Valavanis

This paper proposes a framework for automatic formal controller synthesis for general hybrid systems with a subset of safety and reachability specifications. The framework uses genetic programming to automatically co-synthesize controllers…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-16 Cees F. Verdier , Manuel Mazo

Inspired by a concrete industry problem we consider the input synthesis problem for hybrid systems: given a hybrid system that is subject to input from outside (also called disturbance or noise), find an input sequence that steers the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-02-22 Takumi Akazaki , Ichiro Hasuo , Kohei Suenaga

In this paper, we propose an approach for synthesizing provable reach-avoid controllers, which drive a deterministic system operating in an unknown environment to safely reach a desired target set. The approach falls within the reachability…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-25 Jianqiang Ding , Taoran Wu , Yuping Qian , Lijun Zhang , Bai Xue

In this paper, we present the synthesis of secure-by-construction controllers that address safety and security properties simultaneously in cyber-physical systems. Our focus is on studying a specific security property called opacity, which…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-20 Bingzhuo Zhong , Siyuan Liu , Marco Caccamo , Majid Zamani

This paper presents a fully automated procedure for controller synthesis for a general class of multi-agent systems under coupling constraints. Each agent is modeled with dynamics consisting of two terms: the first one models the coupling…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-03-28 Alexandros Nikou , Shahab Heshmati-alamdari , Christos Verginis , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

This paper presents a fully automated procedure for controller synthesis for multi-agent systems under coupled constraints. Each agent has dynamics consisting of two terms: the first one models the coupled constraints and the other one is…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-09-20 Alexandros Nikou , Dimitris Boskos , Jana Tumova , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

In this paper, we propose a compositional framework for the synthesis of safety controllers for networks of partially-observed discrete-time stochastic control systems (a.k.a. continuous-space POMDPs). Given an estimator, we utilize a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-03 Niloofar Jahanshahi , Abolfazl Lavaei , Majid Zamani

This work presents the analysis of the properties of the shortest path control synthesis for the rigid body system. The systems we focus on in this work have only kinematic constraints. However, even for seemingly simple systems and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-16 Weifu Wang , Ping Li

In this work, we present a compositional safety controller synthesis approach for the class of discrete-time linear control systems. Here, we leverage a state-of-the-art result on the computation of robust controlled invariant sets. To…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-03 Siyuan Liu , Majid Zamani

In this paper, we investigate the problem of synthesizing controllers for temporal logic specifications under security constraint. We assume that there exists a passive intruder (eavesdropper) that can partially observe the behavior of the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-24 Yu Chen , Shuo Yang , Rahul Mangharam , Xiang Yin

Personalization and adaptation to the user profile capability are the hottest issues to ensure ambient assisted living and context awareness in nowadays environments. With the growing healthcare and wellbeing context aware applications,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2013-02-12 Meriem Zerkouk , Abdallah Mhamed , Belhadri Messabih

We investigate algorithmic control of a large swarm of mobile particles (such as robots, sensors, or building material) that move in a 2D workspace using a global input signal (such as gravity or a magnetic field). We show that a maze of…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-12-05 Aaron T. Becker , Erik D. Demaine , Sándor P. Fekete , Jarrett Lonsforda , Rose Morris-Wright

Despite significant progress on current state-of-the-art image generation models, synthesis of document images containing multiple and complex object layouts is a challenging task. This paper presents a novel approach, called DocSynth, to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-07-07 Sanket Biswas , Pau Riba , Josep Lladós , Umapada Pal

Firewalls are security devices that perform network traffic filtering. They are ubiquitous in the industry and are a common method used to enforce organizational security policy. Security policy is specified on a high level of abstraction,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-12-08 Ivan Kovačević , Bruno Štengl , Stjepan Groš

Over the years, access control systems have become increasingly more complex, often causing a disconnect between what is envisaged by the stakeholders in decision-making positions and the actual permissions granted as evidenced from access…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Gautam Kumar , Ravi Sundaram , Shamik Sural

In the field of image processing, applying intricate semantic modifications within existing images remains an enduring challenge. This paper introduces a pioneering framework that integrates viewpoint information to enhance the control of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-09 Jinbin Bai , Zhen Dong , Aosong Feng , Xiao Zhang , Tian Ye , Kaicheng Zhou