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We address control synthesis of stochastic discrete-time linear multi-agent systems under jointly chance-constrained collaborative signal temporal logic specifications in a distribution-free manner using available disturbance samples, which…

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Recently, there has been a surge in interest in safe and robust techniques within reinforcement learning (RL). Current notions of risk in RL fail to capture the potential for systemic failures such as abrupt stoppages from system failures…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-10-09 David Mguni

Patrolling is one of the central problems in operational security. Formally, a patrolling problem is specified by a set $U$ of nodes (admissible defender's positions), a set $T \subseteq U$ of vulnerable targets, an admissible defender's…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-08 Tomáš Brázdil , Petr Hliněný , Antonín Kučera , Vojtěch Řehák , Matúš Abaffy

This paper presents a framework for automatic synthesis of a control sequence for multi-agent systems governed by continuous linear dynamics under timed constraints. First, the motion of the agents in the workspace is abstracted into…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-03-09 Sofie Andersson , Alexandros Nikou , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

Safety-critical cyber-physical systems require control strategies whose worst-case performance is robust against adversarial disturbances and modeling uncertainties. In this paper, we present a framework for approximate control and learning…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-04 Aditya Dave , Ioannis Faros , Nishanth Venkatesh , Andreas A. Malikopoulos

Fault injection attacks deliberately inject faults into a device via physical channels to disturb its regular execution. Adversaries can effectively deduce secrets by analyzing both the normal and faulty outputs, posing serious threats to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Xi Yang , Taolue Chen , Yuqi Chen , Fu Song , Chundong Wang , Zhilin Wu

In this paper we present a Learning Model Predictive Control (LMPC) strategy for linear and nonlinear time optimal control problems. Our work builds on existing LMPC methodologies and it guarantees finite time convergence properties for the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-06 Ugo Rosolia , Francesco Borrelli

This paper introduces the notion of an Input Constrained Control Barrier Function (ICCBF), as a method to synthesize safety-critical controllers for non-linear control affine systems with input constraints. The method identifies a subset of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-15 Devansh Agrawal , Dimitra Panagou

Design of optimal distributed linear feedback controllers to achieve a desired aggregate behavior, while simultaneously satisfying state and input constraints, is a challenging but important problem in many applications. System level…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-07 Panagiotis D. Grontas , Michael W. Fisher , Florian Dörfler

We introduce a novel approach to automatically synthesize a mathematical representation of the control algorithms implemented in industrial cyber-physical systems (CPS), given the embedded system binary. The output model can be used by…

Probabilistic model checking is a useful technique for specifying and verifying properties of stochastic systems including randomized protocols and reinforcement learning models. Existing methods rely on the assumed structure and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Lisa Oakley , Alina Oprea , Stavros Tripakis

In this paper, we investigate the problem of synthesizing strategies for linear temporal logic (LTL) specifications that are interpreted over finite traces -- a problem that is central to the automated construction of controllers, robot…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2018-09-03 Alberto Camacho , Meghyn Bienvenu , Sheila A. McIlraith

The negative imaginary (NI) systems theory has attracted interests due to the robustness properties of feedback interconnected NI systems. However, a full output optimal controller-synthesis methodology, for such class of systems, is yet to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-05 Mohamed Mabrok

The goal of logical controller synthesis is to automatically compute a control strategy that regulates the discrete, event-driven behavior of a given plant s.t. a temporal logic specification holds over all remaining traces. Standard…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-01-31 Bernd Finkbeiner , Niklas Metzger , Satya Prakash Nayak , Anne-Kathrin Schmuck

This article considers the design and analysis of multiple moving target defenses for recognizing and isolating attacks on cyber-physical systems. We consider attackers who perform integrity attacks on a set of sensors and actuators in a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2020-08-21 Paul Griffioen , Sean Weerakkody , Bruno Sinopoli

Given a multi-modal dynamical system, optimal switching logic synthesis involves generating the conditions for switching between the system modes such that the resulting hybrid system satisfies a quantitative specification. We formalize and…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2011-05-06 Susmit Jha , Sanjit A. Seshia , Ashish Tiwari

This paper is concerned with the design of a linear control law for linear systems with stationary additive disturbances. The objective is to find a state feedback gain that minimizes a quadratic stage cost function, while observing chance…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Georg Schildbach , Paul Goulart , Manfred Morari

We consider the synthesis problem on timed automata with B\"uchi objectives, where delay choices made by a controller are subjected to small perturbations. Usually, the controller needs to avoid punctual guards, such as testing the equality…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Benoît Barbot , Damien Busatto-Gaston , Catalin Dima , Youssouf Oualhadj

Several methods have been proposed recently to learn neural network (NN) controllers for autonomous agents, with unknown and stochastic dynamics, tasked with complex missions captured by Linear Temporal Logic (LTL). Due to the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Jun Wang , Haojun Chen , Zihe Sun , Yiannis Kantaros

This paper presents a novel approach to synthesize dual controllers for unknown linear time-invariant systems with the tasks of optimizing a quadratic cost while reducing the uncertainty. To this end, a synthesis problem is defined where…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-13 Andrea Iannelli , Mohammad Khosravi , Roy S. Smith