Sample Efficient Certification of Discrete-Time Control Barrier Functions

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Main Authors: Mulagaleti, Sampath Kumar, Del Prete, Andrea
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author Mulagaleti, Sampath Kumar
Del Prete, Andrea
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Del Prete, Andrea
contents Control Invariant (CI) sets are instrumental in certifying the safety of dynamical systems. Control Barrier Functions (CBFs) are effective tools to compute such sets, since the zero sublevel sets of CBFs are CI sets. However, computing CBFs generally involves addressing a complex robust optimization problem, which can be intractable. Scenario-based methods have been proposed to simplify this computation. Then, one needs to verify if the CBF actually satisfies the robust constraints. We present an approach to perform this verification that relies on Lipschitz arguments, and forms the basis of a certification algorithm designed for sample efficiency. Through a numerical example, we validated the efficiency of the proposed procedure.
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spellingShingle Sample Efficient Certification of Discrete-Time Control Barrier Functions
Mulagaleti, Sampath Kumar
Del Prete, Andrea
Systems and Control
Machine Learning
Control Invariant (CI) sets are instrumental in certifying the safety of dynamical systems. Control Barrier Functions (CBFs) are effective tools to compute such sets, since the zero sublevel sets of CBFs are CI sets. However, computing CBFs generally involves addressing a complex robust optimization problem, which can be intractable. Scenario-based methods have been proposed to simplify this computation. Then, one needs to verify if the CBF actually satisfies the robust constraints. We present an approach to perform this verification that relies on Lipschitz arguments, and forms the basis of a certification algorithm designed for sample efficiency. Through a numerical example, we validated the efficiency of the proposed procedure.
title Sample Efficient Certification of Discrete-Time Control Barrier Functions
topic Systems and Control
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.03899