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We propose a method to outer bound forward reachable sets on finite horizons for uncertain nonlinear systems with polynomial dynamics. This method makes use of time-dependent polynomial storage functions that satisfy appropriate dissipation…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-18 He Yin , Andrew Packard , Murat Arcak , Peter Seiler

This paper presents identities for calculating over-approximated successor sets of discrete-time nonlinear systems using hybrid zonotopes. The proposed technique extends the state-update set construct, previously developed for linear hybrid…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-18 Jacob A. Siefert , Trevor J. Bird , Justin P. Koeln , Neera Jain , Herschel C. Pangborn

Hybrid zonotopes generalize constrained zonotopes by introducing additional binary variables and possess some unique properties that make them convenient to represent nonconvex sets. This paper presents novel hybrid zonotope-based methods…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-06 Yuhao Zhang , Xiangru Xu

This article presents a new set representation named the hybrid zonotope that is equivalent to the union of $2^N$ constrained zonotopes -- convex polytopes -- through the addition of $N$ binary zonotope factors. The major contribution of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-26 Trevor J. Bird , Herschel C. Pangborn , Neera Jain , Justin P. Koeln

This paper proposes novel set-theoretic approaches for state estimation in bounded-error discrete-time nonlinear systems, subject to nonlinear observations/constraints. By transforming the polytopic sets that are characterized as zonotope…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-07 Mohammad Khajenejad , Fatima Shoaib , Sze Zheng Yong

Reachability analysis is a key formal verification technique for ensuring the safety of modern cyber physical systems subject to uncertainties in measurements, system models (parameters), and inputs. Classical model-based approaches rely on…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-23 Alireza Naderi Akhormeh , Amr Hegazy , Amr Alanwar

This paper proposes a method for set-valued state estimation of nonlinear, discrete-time systems. This is achieved by combining graphs of functions representing system dynamics and measurements with the hybrid zonotope set representation…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-19 Jacob A. Siefert , Andrew F. Thompson , Jonah J. Glunt , Herschel C. Pangborn

This paper addresses the conservatism in data-driven reachability analysis for discrete-time linear systems subject to bounded process noise, where the system matrices are unknown and only input--state trajectory data are available.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-07 Peng Xie , Davide M. Raimondo , Rolf Findeisen , Amr Alanwar

This paper studies deterministic data-driven reachability analysis for dynamical systems with unknown dynamics and nonconvex reachable sets. Existing deterministic data-driven approaches typically employ zonotopic set representations, for…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-06 Zhen Zhang , M. Umar B. Niazi , Michelle S. Chong , Karl H. Johansson , Amr Alanwar

We employ reachability analysis in designing dynamic quantization schemes for the remote state estimation of linear systems over a finite date rate communication channel. The quantization region is dynamically updated at each transmission…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-11 Yaodong Li , Michelle S. Chong

Inner-approximate reachability analysis involves calculating subsets of reachable sets, known as inner-approximations. This analysis is crucial in the fields of dynamic systems analysis and control theory as it provides a reliable…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-22 Dejin Ren , Zhen Liang , Chenyu Wu , Jianqiang Ding , Taoran Wu , Bai Xue

Reachable sets of nonlinear control systems can in general only be approximated numerically, and these approximations are typically very expensive to compute. In this paper, we explore a strategy for choosing the temporal and spatial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-24 Janosch Rieger , Kyria Wawryk

Reachability analysis aims at identifying states reachable by a system within a given time horizon. This task is known to be computationally expensive for linear hybrid systems. Reachability analysis works by iteratively applying continuous…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2022-05-03 Sergiy Bogomolov , Marcelo Forets , Goran Frehse , Kostiantyn Potomkin , Christian Schilling

We present the first review of methods to overapproximate the set of reachable states of linear time-invariant systems subject to uncertain initial states and input signals for short time horizons. These methods are fundamental to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-02 Marcelo Forets , Christian Schilling

We present a method to overapproximate forward stochastic reach sets of discrete-time, stochastic nonlinear systems with interval geometry. This is made possible by extending the theory of mixed-monotone systems to incorporate stochastic…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-05 Vignesh Sivaramakrishnan , Rosalyn A. Devonport , Murat Arcak , Meeko M. K. Oishi

We present an algorithm for data-driven reachability analysis that estimates finite-horizon forward reachable sets for general nonlinear systems using level sets of a certain class of polynomials known as Christoffel functions. The level…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-29 Alex Devonport , Forest Yang , Laurent El Ghaoui , Murat Arcak

Over-approximating the reachable sets of dynamical systems is a fundamental problem in safety verification and robust control synthesis. The representation of these sets is a key factor that affects the computational complexity and the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-17 Taha Entesari , Mahyar Fazlyab

Metric temporal logic (MTL) provides a formal framework for defining time-dependent mission requirements on autonomous vehicles. However, optimizing control decisions subject to these constraints is often computationally expensive. This…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-03 Andrew F. Thompson , Joshua A. Robbins , Jonah J. Glunt , Sean B. Brennan , Herschel C. Pangborn

In this paper, we introduce a set representation called polynomial logical zonotopes for performing exact and computationally efficient reachability analysis on logical systems. We prove that through this polynomial-like construction, we…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-09-10 Amr Alanwar , Frank J. Jiang , Karl H. Johansson

There has been an increasing interest in using neural networks in closed-loop control systems to improve performance and reduce computational costs for on-line implementation. However, providing safety and stability guarantees for these…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-20 Haimin Hu , Mahyar Fazlyab , Manfred Morari , George J. Pappas