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Main Authors: Zhang, Zhi, Ma, Chenyu, Soudijani, Saleh, Soudjani, Sadegh
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05350
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author Zhang, Zhi
Ma, Chenyu
Soudijani, Saleh
Soudjani, Sadegh
author_facet Zhang, Zhi
Ma, Chenyu
Soudijani, Saleh
Soudjani, Sadegh
contents A novel data-driven method for formal verification is proposed to study complex systems operating in safety-critical domains. The proposed approach is able to formally verify discrete-time stochastic dynamical systems against temporal logic specifications only using observation samples and without the knowledge of the model, and provide a probabilistic guarantee on the satisfaction of the specification. We first propose the theoretical results for using non-parametric estimation to estimate an asymptotic upper bound for the \emph{Lipschitz constant} of the stochastic system, which can determine a finite abstraction of the system. Our results prove that the asymptotic convergence rate of the estimation is $O(n^{-\frac{1}{3+d}})$, where $d$ is the dimension of the system and $n$ is the data scale. We then construct interval Markov decision processes using two different data-driven methods, namely non-parametric estimation and empirical estimation of transition probabilities, to perform formal verification against a given temporal logic specification. Multiple case studies are presented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.
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spellingShingle Formal Verification of Unknown Stochastic Systems via Non-parametric Estimation
Zhang, Zhi
Ma, Chenyu
Soudijani, Saleh
Soudjani, Sadegh
Systems and Control
A novel data-driven method for formal verification is proposed to study complex systems operating in safety-critical domains. The proposed approach is able to formally verify discrete-time stochastic dynamical systems against temporal logic specifications only using observation samples and without the knowledge of the model, and provide a probabilistic guarantee on the satisfaction of the specification. We first propose the theoretical results for using non-parametric estimation to estimate an asymptotic upper bound for the \emph{Lipschitz constant} of the stochastic system, which can determine a finite abstraction of the system. Our results prove that the asymptotic convergence rate of the estimation is $O(n^{-\frac{1}{3+d}})$, where $d$ is the dimension of the system and $n$ is the data scale. We then construct interval Markov decision processes using two different data-driven methods, namely non-parametric estimation and empirical estimation of transition probabilities, to perform formal verification against a given temporal logic specification. Multiple case studies are presented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.
title Formal Verification of Unknown Stochastic Systems via Non-parametric Estimation
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05350