Counterexample-Guided Synthesis of Robust Discrete-Time Control Barrier Functions

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Autori principali: Shakhesi, Erfan, Katriniok, Alexander, Heemels, W. P. M. H.
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author Shakhesi, Erfan
Katriniok, Alexander
Heemels, W. P. M. H.
author_facet Shakhesi, Erfan
Katriniok, Alexander
Heemels, W. P. M. H.
contents Learning-based methods have gained popularity for training candidate Control Barrier Functions (CBFs) to satisfy the CBF conditions on a finite set of sampled states. However, since the CBF is unknown a priori, it is unclear which sampled states belong to its zero-superlevel set and must satisfy the CBF conditions, and which ones lie outside it. Existing approaches define a set in which all sampled states are required to satisfy the CBF conditions, thus introducing conservatism. In this paper, we address this issue for robust discrete-time CBFs (R-DTCBFs). Furthermore, we propose a class of R-DTCBFs that can be used in an online optimization problem to synthesize safe controllers for general discrete-time systems with input constraints and bounded disturbances. To train such an R-DTCBF that is valid not only on sampled states but also across the entire region, we employ a verification algorithm iteratively in a counterexample-guided approach. We apply the proposed method to numerical case studies.
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spellingShingle Counterexample-Guided Synthesis of Robust Discrete-Time Control Barrier Functions
Shakhesi, Erfan
Katriniok, Alexander
Heemels, W. P. M. H.
Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
Learning-based methods have gained popularity for training candidate Control Barrier Functions (CBFs) to satisfy the CBF conditions on a finite set of sampled states. However, since the CBF is unknown a priori, it is unclear which sampled states belong to its zero-superlevel set and must satisfy the CBF conditions, and which ones lie outside it. Existing approaches define a set in which all sampled states are required to satisfy the CBF conditions, thus introducing conservatism. In this paper, we address this issue for robust discrete-time CBFs (R-DTCBFs). Furthermore, we propose a class of R-DTCBFs that can be used in an online optimization problem to synthesize safe controllers for general discrete-time systems with input constraints and bounded disturbances. To train such an R-DTCBF that is valid not only on sampled states but also across the entire region, we employ a verification algorithm iteratively in a counterexample-guided approach. We apply the proposed method to numerical case studies.
title Counterexample-Guided Synthesis of Robust Discrete-Time Control Barrier Functions
topic Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13011