Optimal Parameter Adaptation for Safety-Critical Control via Safe Barrier Bayesian Optimization

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Main Authors: Wang, Shengbo, Li, Ke, Yan, Zheng, Guo, Zhenyuan, Zhu, Song, Wen, Guanghui, Wen, Shiping
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author Wang, Shengbo
Li, Ke
Yan, Zheng
Guo, Zhenyuan
Zhu, Song
Wen, Guanghui
Wen, Shiping
author_facet Wang, Shengbo
Li, Ke
Yan, Zheng
Guo, Zhenyuan
Zhu, Song
Wen, Guanghui
Wen, Shiping
contents Safety is of paramount importance in control systems to avoid costly risks and catastrophic damages. The control barrier function (CBF) method, a promising solution for safety-critical control, poses a new challenge of enhancing control performance due to its direct modification of original control design and the introduction of uncalibrated parameters. In this work, we shed light on the crucial role of configurable parameters in the CBF method for performance enhancement with a systematical categorization. Based on that, we propose a novel framework combining the CBF method with Bayesian optimization (BO) to optimize the safe control performance. Considering feasibility/safety-critical constraints, we develop a safe version of BO using the barrier-based interior method to efficiently search for promising feasible configurable parameters. Furthermore, we provide theoretical criteria of our framework regarding safety and optimality. An essential advantage of our framework lies in that it can work in model-agnostic environments, leaving sufficient flexibility in designing objective and constraint functions. Finally, simulation experiments on swing-up control and high-fidelity adaptive cruise control are conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of our framework.
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spellingShingle Optimal Parameter Adaptation for Safety-Critical Control via Safe Barrier Bayesian Optimization
Wang, Shengbo
Li, Ke
Yan, Zheng
Guo, Zhenyuan
Zhu, Song
Wen, Guanghui
Wen, Shiping
Systems and Control
Machine Learning
Optimization and Control
Safety is of paramount importance in control systems to avoid costly risks and catastrophic damages. The control barrier function (CBF) method, a promising solution for safety-critical control, poses a new challenge of enhancing control performance due to its direct modification of original control design and the introduction of uncalibrated parameters. In this work, we shed light on the crucial role of configurable parameters in the CBF method for performance enhancement with a systematical categorization. Based on that, we propose a novel framework combining the CBF method with Bayesian optimization (BO) to optimize the safe control performance. Considering feasibility/safety-critical constraints, we develop a safe version of BO using the barrier-based interior method to efficiently search for promising feasible configurable parameters. Furthermore, we provide theoretical criteria of our framework regarding safety and optimality. An essential advantage of our framework lies in that it can work in model-agnostic environments, leaving sufficient flexibility in designing objective and constraint functions. Finally, simulation experiments on swing-up control and high-fidelity adaptive cruise control are conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of our framework.
title Optimal Parameter Adaptation for Safety-Critical Control via Safe Barrier Bayesian Optimization
topic Systems and Control
Machine Learning
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.19349