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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

In this paper we propose dynamic output-feedback controller synthesis methods for discrete-time linear time-invariant systems. The synthesis goal is to achieve dissipativity with respect to a given quadratic supply rate or a given $H_2$…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-25 Pietro Kristović , Andrej Jokić , Mircea Lazar

We consider the problem of designing a state-feedback controller for a linear system, based only on noisy input-state data. We focus on input-state data corrupted by measurement errors, which, albeit less investigated, are as relevant as…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-21 Andrea Bisoffi , Lidong Li , Claudio De Persis , Nima Monshizadeh

Safety is the major consideration in controlling complex dynamical systems using reinforcement learning (RL), where the safety certificate can provide provable safety guarantee. A valid safety certificate is an energy function indicating…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-05-27 Haitong Ma , Changliu Liu , Shengbo Eben Li , Sifa Zheng , Jianyu Chen

This paper develops a novel control synthesis approach for a wide class of practical systems. The control action is derived by inserting a compensator device in the forward path of the system that is to be controlled. The compensator design…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-28 Ahmad A. Masoud

This paper addresses the problem of distributed resilient state estimation and control for linear time-invariant systems in the presence of malicious false data injection sensor attacks and bounded noise. We consider a system operator…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-17 Takumi Shinohara , Karl H. Johansson , Henrik Sandberg

Control synthesis under constraints is at the forefront of research on autonomous systems, in part due to its broad application from low-level control to high-level planning, where computing control inputs is typically cast as a constrained…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-23 Panagiotis Rousseas , Haejoon Lee , Dimos V. Dimarogonas , Dimitra Panagou

As the systems we control become more complex, first-principle modeling becomes either impossible or intractable, motivating the use of machine learning techniques for the control of systems with continuous action spaces. As impressive as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-02-07 Ross Boczar , Nikolai Matni , Benjamin Recht

We propose a counter-example guided inductive synthesis (CEGIS) scheme for the design of control Lyapunov functions and associated state-feedback controllers for linear systems affected by parametric uncertainty with arbitrary shape. In the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-09 Daniele Masti , Filippo Fabiani , Giorgio Gnecco , Alberto Bemporad

This paper presents a synthesis approach aiming to guarantee a minimum upper-bound for the time taken to reach a target set of non-zero measure that encompasses the origin, while taking into account uncertainties and input and state…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-21 Víctor Costa da Silva Campos , Mariella Maia Quadros , Luciano Frezzato , Leonardo Mozelli , Anh-Tu Nguyen

In this paper, we focus on the synthesis of secure timed systems which are modelled as timed automata. The security property that the system must satisfy is a non-interference property. Intuitively, non-interference ensures the absence of…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2012-07-23 Gilles Benattar , Franck Cassez , Didier Lime , Olivier H. Roux

Controller synthesis, including reset controller, feedback controller, and switching logic controller, provides an essential mechanism to guarantee the correctness and reliability of hybrid systems in a correct-by-construction manner.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-13 Jiang Liu , Han Su , Yunjun Bai , Bin Gu , Bai Xue , Mengfei Yang , Naijun Zhan

This paper addresses the problem of designing distributed controllers with state and input constraints in the System Level Synthesis (SLS) framework. Using robust optimization, we show how state and actuation constraints can be incorporated…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-11-05 Yuxiao Chen , James Anderson

Given a set of interacting components with non-deterministic variable update and given safety requirements, the goal of priority synthesis is to restrict, by means of priorities, the set of possible interactions in such a way as to…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2012-01-30 Chih-Hong Cheng , Saddek Bensalem , Rongjie Yan , Harald Ruess , Christian Buckl , Alois Knoll

This paper considers the problem of safety controller synthesis for systems equipped with sensor modalities that can provide preview information. We consider switched systems where switching mode is an external signal for which preview…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-20 Zexiang Liu , Necmiye Ozay

Control invariant sets play an important role in safety-critical control and find broad application in numerous fields such as obstacle avoidance for mobile robots. However, finding valid control invariant sets of dynamical systems under…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-08 Matti Vahs , Shaohang Han , Jana Tumova

In many safety-critical control systems, possibly opposing safety restrictions and control performance objectives arise. To confront such a conflict, this letter proposes a novel methodology that embeds safety into stability of control…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-23 Hassan Almubarak , Nader Sadegh , Evangelos A. Theodorou

Willems' fundamental lemma and system level synthesis both characterize a linear dynamic system by its input/output sequences. In this work, we extend the application of the fundamental lemma from deterministic to uncertain LTI systems and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-11 Yinghao Lian , Colin N. Jones

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

This paper employs correct-by-construction control synthesis, in particular controlled invariant set computations, for falsification. Our hypothesis is that if it is possible to compute a "large enough" controlled invariant set either for…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-11-01 Glen Chou , Yunus E. Sahin , Liren Yang , Kwesi J. Rutledge , Petter Nilsson , Necmiye Ozay