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Many quantitative properties of probabilistic programs can be characterized as least fixed points, but verifying their lower bounds remains a challenging problem. We present a new approach to lower-bound verification that exploits and…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Satoshi Kura , Hiroshi Unno , Takeshi Tsukada

In this paper, we propose a method for bounding the probability that a stochastic differential equation (SDE) system violates a safety specification over the infinite time horizon. SDEs are mathematical models of stochastic processes that…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2020-06-04 Shenghua Feng , Mingshuai Chen , Bai Xue , Sriram Sankaranarayanan , Naijun Zhan

Due to their expressive power, neural networks (NNs) are promising templates for functional optimization problems, particularly for reach-avoid certificate generation for systems governed by stochastic differential equations (SDEs).…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-03 Chun-Wei Kong , Sebastian Escobar , Ibon Gracia , Jay McMahon , Morteza Lahijanian

Quantum speed limits are usually regarded as fundamental restrictions, constraining the amount of computation that can be achieved within some given time and energy. Complementary to this intuition, here we show that these limitations are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-12 Caroline L. Jones , Albert Aloy , Gerard Higgins , Markus P. Mueller

We prove a general existence result in stochastic optimal control in discrete time where controls take values in conditional metric spaces, and depend on the current state and the information of past decisions through the evolution of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-19 Asgar Jamneshan , Michael Kupper , José Miguel Zapata

In this letter we consider the problem of certification of quantum measurements with an arbitrary number of outcomes. We propose a simple scheme for certifying any set of $d$-outcome projective measurements which do not share any common…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-26 Shubhayan Sarkar , Debashis Saha , Remigiusz Augusiak

Estimating spectral gaps of quantum many-body Hamiltonians is a highly challenging computational task, even under assumptions of locality and translation-invariance. Yet, the quest for rigorous gap certificates is motivated by their broad…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-15 Kshiti Sneh Rai , Ilya Kull , Patrick Emonts , Jordi Tura , Norbert Schuch , Flavio Baccari

Motivated by control with communication constraints, in this work we develop a time-invariant data compression architecture for linear-quadratic-Gaussian (LQG) control with minimum bitrate prefix-free feedback. For any fixed control…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-07 Travis C. Cuvelier , Takashi Tanaka , Robert W. Heath

This paper addresses the problem of verifying discrete-time stochastic systems against omega-regular specifications using finite-state abstractions. Omega-regular properties allow specifying complex behavior and encompass, for example,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-31 Maxence Dutreix , Samuel Coogan

The dramatic increase of autonomous systems subject to variable environments has given rise to the pressing need to consider risk in both the synthesis and verification of policies for these systems. This paper aims to address a few…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-04-22 Prithvi Akella , Anushri Dixit , Mohamadreza Ahmadi , Joel W. Burdick , Aaron D. Ames

This paper addresses the quantitative verification of constrained occupation time in stochastic discrete-time systems, focusing on the probability of visiting a target set at least $k$ times while maintaining safety. Such cumulative…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-21 Bai Xue , Peixin Wang , C. -H. Luke Ong

This paper proposes a model predictive controller for discrete-time linear systems with additive, possibly unbounded, stochastic disturbances and subject to chance constraints. By computing a polytopic probabilistic positively invariant set…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-23 Kai Wang , Kiet Tuan Hoang , Sébastien Gros

Probabilistic model checking mainly concentrates on techniques for reasoning about the probabilities of certain path properties or expected values of certain random variables. For the quantitative system analysis, however, there is also…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2013-01-11 Michael Ummels , Christel Baier

In this work, we study verification and synthesis problems for safety specifications over unknown discrete-time stochastic systems. When a model of the system is available, barrier certificates have been successfully applied for ensuring…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-12 Ali Salamati , Abolfazl Lavaei , Sadegh Soudjani , Majid Zamani

The fidelity between the state of a continuously observed quantum system and the state of its associated quantum filter, is shown to be always a submartingale. The observed system is assumed to be governed by a continuous-time Stochastic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 Hadis Amini , Clement Pellegrini , Pierre Rouchon

This paper presents two stochastic model predictive control methods for linear time-invariant systems subject to unbounded additive uncertainties. The new methods are developed by formulating the chance constraints into deterministic form,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-22 Fei Li , Huiping Li , Yuyao He

We study the uniform verification problem for infinite state processes, which consists of proving that the parallel composition of an arbitrary number of processes satisfies a temporal property. Our practical motivation is to build a…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-01-10 Alejandro Sánchez , César Sánchez

In this paper, we consider a class of stochastic optimal control problems with risk constraints that are expressed as bounded probabilities of failure for particular initial states. We present here a martingale approach that diffuses a risk…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-07-09 Vu Anh Huynh , Leonid Kogan , Emilio Frazzoli

Finding a controlled-invariant set for a system with state and control constraints is crucial for safety-critical applications. However, existing methods often produce overly conservative solutions. This paper presents a method for…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-12 Naeim Ebrahimi Toulkani , Reza Ghabcheloo

According to recent results, convergence in a prespecified or prescribed finite time can be achieved under extreme model uncertainty if control is applied continuously over time. This paper shows that this extreme amount of uncertainty…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-27 Hernan Haimovich , Rodrigo Aldana-Lopez , Richard Seeber , David Gomez-Gutierrez