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Main Authors: Zhao, Jianing, Cai, Zhuoting, Yin, Xiang
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.12956
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  • In this paper, we investigate safety-critical control problem of discrete-time stochastic systems with incomplete information, where safety constraints must be enforced using state estimates obtained from noisy measurements. We develop an output-feedback control barrier function (CBF) framework based on an expectation-based discrete-time barrier condition that explicitly incorporates estimation uncertainty through the evolving belief over the state. To enable real-time implementation, we derive deterministic sufficient conditions that conservatively enforce the expectation-based CBF by bounding the expectation with computable functions of the belief statistics using Jensen inequalities. The resulting safety filter is formulated as a tractable optimization problem compatible with standard online controllers. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the proposed output-feedback approach achieves fast online computation while providing reliable safety performance in the presence of process noise and measurement uncertainty.