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Hauptverfasser: He, Kanghui, Alan, Anil, Shi, Shengling, Boom, Ton van den, De Schutter, Bart
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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author He, Kanghui
Alan, Anil
Shi, Shengling
Boom, Ton van den
De Schutter, Bart
author_facet He, Kanghui
Alan, Anil
Shi, Shengling
Boom, Ton van den
De Schutter, Bart
contents Obtaining control barrier functions (CBFs) with large safe sets for complex nonlinear systems and constraints is a challenging task. Predictive CBFs address this issue by using an online finite-horizon optimal control problem that implicitly defines a large safe set. The optimal control problem, also known as the predictive safety filter (PSF), involves predicting the system's flow under a given backup control policy. However, for non-smooth systems and constraints, some key elements, such as CBF gradients and the sensitivity of the flow, are not well-defined, making the current methods inadequate for ensuring safety. Additionally, for control-non-affine systems, the PSF is generally nonlinear and non-convex, posing challenges for real-time computation. This paper considers piecewise affine systems, which are usually control-non-affine, under nonlinear state and polyhedral input constraints. We solve the safety issue by incorporating set-valued generalized Clarke derivatives in the PSF design. We show that enforcing CBF constraints across all elements of the generalized Clarke derivatives suffices to guarantee safety. Moreover, to lighten the computational overhead, we propose an explicit approximation of the PSF. The resulting control methods are demonstrated through numerical examples.
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spellingShingle Predictive control barrier functions for piecewise affine systems with non-smooth constraints
He, Kanghui
Alan, Anil
Shi, Shengling
Boom, Ton van den
De Schutter, Bart
Systems and Control
Obtaining control barrier functions (CBFs) with large safe sets for complex nonlinear systems and constraints is a challenging task. Predictive CBFs address this issue by using an online finite-horizon optimal control problem that implicitly defines a large safe set. The optimal control problem, also known as the predictive safety filter (PSF), involves predicting the system's flow under a given backup control policy. However, for non-smooth systems and constraints, some key elements, such as CBF gradients and the sensitivity of the flow, are not well-defined, making the current methods inadequate for ensuring safety. Additionally, for control-non-affine systems, the PSF is generally nonlinear and non-convex, posing challenges for real-time computation. This paper considers piecewise affine systems, which are usually control-non-affine, under nonlinear state and polyhedral input constraints. We solve the safety issue by incorporating set-valued generalized Clarke derivatives in the PSF design. We show that enforcing CBF constraints across all elements of the generalized Clarke derivatives suffices to guarantee safety. Moreover, to lighten the computational overhead, we propose an explicit approximation of the PSF. The resulting control methods are demonstrated through numerical examples.
title Predictive control barrier functions for piecewise affine systems with non-smooth constraints
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.21321