Estimating the Convex Hull of the Image of a Set with Smooth Boundary: Error Bounds and Applications

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Main Authors: Lew, Thomas, Bonalli, Riccardo, Janson, Lucas, Pavone, Marco
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author Lew, Thomas
Bonalli, Riccardo
Janson, Lucas
Pavone, Marco
author_facet Lew, Thomas
Bonalli, Riccardo
Janson, Lucas
Pavone, Marco
contents We study the problem of estimating the convex hull of the image $f(X)\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ of a compact set $X\subset\mathbb{R}^m$ with smooth boundary through a smooth function $f:\mathbb{R}^m\to\mathbb{R}^n$. Assuming that $f$ is a submersion, we derive a new bound on the Hausdorff distance between the convex hull of $f(X)$ and the convex hull of the images $f(x_i)$ of $M$ sampled inputs $x_i$ on the boundary of $X$. When applied to the problem of geometric inference from a random sample, our results give error bounds that are tighter and more general than in previous work. We present applications to the problems of robust optimization, of reachability analysis of dynamical systems, and of robust trajectory optimization under bounded uncertainty.
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spellingShingle Estimating the Convex Hull of the Image of a Set with Smooth Boundary: Error Bounds and Applications
Lew, Thomas
Bonalli, Riccardo
Janson, Lucas
Pavone, Marco
Optimization and Control
Computational Geometry
Systems and Control
Differential Geometry
Probability
Statistics Theory
We study the problem of estimating the convex hull of the image $f(X)\subset\mathbb{R}^n$ of a compact set $X\subset\mathbb{R}^m$ with smooth boundary through a smooth function $f:\mathbb{R}^m\to\mathbb{R}^n$. Assuming that $f$ is a submersion, we derive a new bound on the Hausdorff distance between the convex hull of $f(X)$ and the convex hull of the images $f(x_i)$ of $M$ sampled inputs $x_i$ on the boundary of $X$. When applied to the problem of geometric inference from a random sample, our results give error bounds that are tighter and more general than in previous work. We present applications to the problems of robust optimization, of reachability analysis of dynamical systems, and of robust trajectory optimization under bounded uncertainty.
title Estimating the Convex Hull of the Image of a Set with Smooth Boundary: Error Bounds and Applications
topic Optimization and Control
Computational Geometry
Systems and Control
Differential Geometry
Probability
Statistics Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.13970