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This paper addresses the problem of control synthesis for nonlinear optimal control problems in the presence of state and input constraints. The presented approach relies upon transforming the given problem into an infinite-dimensional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-03 Pengcheng Zhao , Shankar Mohan , Ram Vasudevan

Attacks, including the manipulation of sensor readings and the modification of actuator commands, pose a significant challenge to the security and privacy of automated systems. This paper considers discrete event systems that can be modeled…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Xiaoyan Li , Christoforos N. Hadjicostis

We consider the feedback design for stabilizing a rigid body system by making and breaking multiple contacts with the environment without prespecifying the timing or the number of occurrence of the contacts. We model such a system as a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-05-16 Weiqiao Han , Russ Tedrake

In many synthesis problems, it can be essential to generate implementations which not only satisfy functional constraints but are also randomized to improve variety, robustness, or unpredictability. The recently-proposed framework of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-06-07 Andreas Gittis , Eric Vin , Daniel J. Fremont

Privacy-preserving synthetic data offers a promising solution to harness segregated data in high-stakes domains where information is compartmentalized for regulatory, privacy, or institutional reasons. This survey provides a comprehensive…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-03-28 Viktor Schlegel , Anil A Bharath , Zilong Zhao , Kevin Yee

Opacity is a property that captures security concerns in cyber-physical systems and its verification plays a significant role. This paper investigates the verifications of K-step and infinite-step weak and strong opacity for partially…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-19 Xiaoyan Li , Christoforos N. Hadjicostis , Zhiwu Li

In this paper, we revisit the verification of strong K-step opacity (K-SSO) for partially-observed discrete-event systems modeled as nondeterministic finite-state automata. As a stronger version of the standard K-step opacity, K-SSO…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-04-12 Xiaoguang Han , Kuize Zhang , Zhiwu Li

In this paper, we introduce the problem of synthesizing optimal controllers for discrete event systems and we propose a procedure for solving this problem, where the method and specifications are represented by finite state automata and…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2011-02-03 Jean Marie Moanda Ndeko , Junior Jugis Bakola Mongo

Synthetic data has gained significant momentum thanks to sophisticated machine learning tools that enable the synthesis of high-dimensional datasets. However, many generation techniques do not give the data controller control over what…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-11-22 Florimond Houssiau , Samuel N. Cohen , Lukasz Szpruch , Owen Daniel , Michaela G. Lawrence , Robin Mitra , Henry Wilde , Callum Mole

This article presents a novel framework for the robust controller synthesis problem in discrete-time systems using dynamic Integral Quadratic Constraints (IQCs). We present an algorithm to minimize closed-loop performance measures such as…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-31 Lukas Schwenkel , Johannes Köhler , Matthias A. Müller , Carsten W. Scherer , Frank Allgöwer

This paper focuses on the problem of cyber attacks for discrete event systems under supervisory control. In more detail, the goal of the supervisor, who has a partial observation of the system evolution, is that of preventing the system…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-04 Qi Zhang , Carla Seatzu , Zhiwu Li , Alessandro Giua

With the proliferation of communication networks and mobile devices, the privacy and security concerns on their information flow are raised. Given a critical system that may leak confidential information, the problem consists of verifying…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2019-10-15 Mona Noori-Hosseini , Bengt Lennartson , Christoforos Hadjicostis

As we transition towards the deployment of data-driven controllers for black-box cyberphysical systems, complying with hard safety constraints becomes a primary concern. Two key aspects should be addressed when input-output data are…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-13 Luca Furieri , Baiwei Guo , Andrea Martin , Giancarlo Ferrari-Trecate

Opacity is an important system-theoretic property expressing whether a system may reveal its secret to a passive observer (an intruder) who knows the structure of the system but has only limited observations of its behavior. Several notions…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-16 Jiří Balun , Tomáš Masopust

We present a controller synthesis algorithm for a discrete time reach-avoid problem in the presence of adversaries. Our model of the adversary captures typical malicious attacks envisioned on cyber-physical systems such as sensor spoofing,…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-01-21 Zhenqi Huang , Yu Wang , Sayan Mitra , Geir Dullerud

In this paper, we propose and address the problem of supervisor obfuscation against actuator enablement attack, in a common setting where the actuator attacker can eavesdrop the control commands issued by the supervisor. We propose a method…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-02-25 Yuting Zhu , Liyong Lin , Rong Su

This work investigates the problem of synthesizing obfuscated supervisors against covert actuator attackers. For a non-resilient supervisor S, for which there exist some covert actuator attackers that are capable of inflicting damage, we…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-24 Ruochen Tai , Liyong Lin , Rong Su

In recent years, the growth of data across various sectors, including healthcare, security, finance, and education, has created significant opportunities for analysis and informed decision-making. However, these datasets often contain…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-04-30 Utsab Saha , Tanvir Muntakim Tonoy , Hafiz Imtiaz

We present a new method for the automated synthesis of digital controllers with formal safety guarantees for systems with nonlinear dynamics, noisy output measurements, and stochastic disturbances. Our method derives digital controllers…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-21 Fedor Shmarov , Sadegh Soudjani , Nicola Paoletti , Ezio Bartocci , Shan Lin , Scott A. Smolka , Paolo Zuliani

A common goal of privacy research is to release synthetic data that satisfies a formal privacy guarantee and can be used by an analyst in place of the original data. To achieve reasonable accuracy, a synthetic data set must be tuned to…

Databases · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Chao Li , Gerome Miklau