Formal synthesis of controllers for safety-critical autonomous systems: Developments and challenges

X Yin, B Gao, X Yu - Annual Reviews in Control, 2024 - Elsevier
In recent years, formal methods have been extensively used in the design of autonomous
systems. By employing mathematically rigorous techniques, formal methods can provide …

Conformal prediction for stl runtime verification

L Lindemann, X Qin, JV Deshmukh… - Proceedings of the ACM …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We are interested in predicting failures of cyber-physical systems during their operation.
Particularly, we consider stochastic systems and signal temporal logic specifications, and we …

Combined left and right temporal robustness for control under stl specifications

A Rodionova, L Lindemann, M Morari… - IEEE Control Systems …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many modern autonomous systems, particularly multi-agent systems, are time-critical and
need to be robust against timing uncertainties. Previous works have studied left and right …

Efficient STL control synthesis under asynchronous temporal robustness constraints

X Yu, X Yin, L Lindemann - 2023 62nd IEEE Conference on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In time-critical systems, such as air traffic control systems, it is crucial to design control
policies that are robust to timing uncertainty. Recently, the notion of Asynchronous Temporal …

Synthesis of temporally-robust policies for signal temporal logic tasks using reinforcement learning

S Wang, S Li, L Yin, X Yin - 2024 IEEE International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the problem of designing control policies that satisfy high-level
specifications described by signal temporal logic (STL) in unknown, stochastic …

Temporally robust multi-agent stl motion planning in continuous time

J Verhagen, L Lindemann… - 2024 American Control …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Signal Temporal Logic (STL) is a formal language over continuous-time signals (such as
trajectories of a multiagent system) that allows for the specification of complex spatial and …

Global Temporal Logic Control Synthesis for Multiagent Systems With Time and Space Margin

T Yang, J Liu, Y Zou, T Jia, S Li - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article considers the multiagent control problem under global temporal logic tasks,
where agents possess heterogeneous capabilities. The global temporal logic task imposes …

Time-Robust Path Planning with Piece-Wise Linear Trajectory for Signal Temporal Logic Specifications

NK Le, E Noorani, S Hirche… - 2024 American Control …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Real-world scenarios are characterized by timing uncertainties, eg, delays, and
disturbances. Algorithms with temporal robustness are crucial in guaranteeing the …

Assured autonomy in multiagent systems with safe learning

UA Fiaz - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Autonomous multiagent systems is an area that is currently receiving increasing attention in
the communities of robotics, control systems, and machine learning (ML) and artificial …

Multi-Agent Robust Control Synthesis from Global Temporal Logic Tasks

T Yang, Y Zou, J Liu, T Jia, S Li - arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.11477, 2023 - arxiv.org
This paper focuses on the heterogeneous multi-agent control problem under global
temporal logic tasks. We define a specification language, called extended capacity temporal …