DEM: A Method for Certifying Deep Neural Network Classifier Outputs in Aerospace

Fuente: arXiv
Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Katz, Guy, Levy, Natan, Refaeli, Idan, Yerushalmi, Raz
Formato: Preprint
Publicado: 2024
Materias:
Acceso en línea:
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
_version_ 1866910553554812928
author Katz, Guy
Levy, Natan
Refaeli, Idan
Yerushalmi, Raz
author_facet Katz, Guy
Levy, Natan
Refaeli, Idan
Yerushalmi, Raz
contents Software development in the aerospace domain requires adhering to strict, high-quality standards. While there exist regulatory guidelines for commercial software in this domain (e.g., ARP-4754 and DO-178), these do not apply to software with deep neural network (DNN) components. Consequently, it is unclear how to allow aerospace systems to benefit from the deep learning revolution. Our work here seeks to address this challenge with a novel, output-centric approach for DNN certification. Our method employs statistical verification techniques, and has the key advantage of being able to flag specific inputs for which the DNN's output may be unreliable - so that they may be later inspected by a human expert. To achieve this, our method conducts a statistical analysis of the DNN's predictions for other, nearby inputs, in order to detect inconsistencies. This is in contrast to existing techniques, which typically attempt to certify the entire DNN, as opposed to individual outputs. Our method uses the DNN as a black-box, and makes no assumptions about its topology. We hope that this work constitutes another step towards integrating DNNs in safety-critical applications - especially in the aerospace domain, where high standards of quality and reliability are crucial.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2401_02283
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle DEM: A Method for Certifying Deep Neural Network Classifier Outputs in Aerospace
Katz, Guy
Levy, Natan
Refaeli, Idan
Yerushalmi, Raz
Software Engineering
Machine Learning
Software development in the aerospace domain requires adhering to strict, high-quality standards. While there exist regulatory guidelines for commercial software in this domain (e.g., ARP-4754 and DO-178), these do not apply to software with deep neural network (DNN) components. Consequently, it is unclear how to allow aerospace systems to benefit from the deep learning revolution. Our work here seeks to address this challenge with a novel, output-centric approach for DNN certification. Our method employs statistical verification techniques, and has the key advantage of being able to flag specific inputs for which the DNN's output may be unreliable - so that they may be later inspected by a human expert. To achieve this, our method conducts a statistical analysis of the DNN's predictions for other, nearby inputs, in order to detect inconsistencies. This is in contrast to existing techniques, which typically attempt to certify the entire DNN, as opposed to individual outputs. Our method uses the DNN as a black-box, and makes no assumptions about its topology. We hope that this work constitutes another step towards integrating DNNs in safety-critical applications - especially in the aerospace domain, where high standards of quality and reliability are crucial.
title DEM: A Method for Certifying Deep Neural Network Classifier Outputs in Aerospace
topic Software Engineering
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.02283