Quantitative Verification of Finite-Time Constrained Occupation Measures for Continuous-time Stochastic Systems

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Main Authors: Xue, Bai, Ong, C. -H. Luke
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Published: 2026
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author Xue, Bai
Ong, C. -H. Luke
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Ong, C. -H. Luke
contents This paper addresses the quantitative verification of finite-time constrained occupation time for stochastic continuous-time systems governed by stochastic differential equations (SDEs). Unlike classical reachability analysis, which focuses on single-event properties such as entering a target set, many autonomous tasks-including surveillance, wireless charging, and chemical mixing-require a system to accumulate a prescribed duration within a target region while strictly maintaining safety constraints. We propose a barrier-certificate framework to compute rigorous upper and lower bounds on the probability that such cumulative specifications are satisfied over a finite time horizon. By introducing a stopped process that freezes the system once it reaches the boundary of the safe set, we derive three classes of certificates: one for upper bounds and two for lower bounds. The proposed approaches are validated through numerical examples implemented using semidefinite programming.
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spellingShingle Quantitative Verification of Finite-Time Constrained Occupation Measures for Continuous-time Stochastic Systems
Xue, Bai
Ong, C. -H. Luke
Systems and Control
This paper addresses the quantitative verification of finite-time constrained occupation time for stochastic continuous-time systems governed by stochastic differential equations (SDEs). Unlike classical reachability analysis, which focuses on single-event properties such as entering a target set, many autonomous tasks-including surveillance, wireless charging, and chemical mixing-require a system to accumulate a prescribed duration within a target region while strictly maintaining safety constraints. We propose a barrier-certificate framework to compute rigorous upper and lower bounds on the probability that such cumulative specifications are satisfied over a finite time horizon. By introducing a stopped process that freezes the system once it reaches the boundary of the safe set, we derive three classes of certificates: one for upper bounds and two for lower bounds. The proposed approaches are validated through numerical examples implemented using semidefinite programming.
title Quantitative Verification of Finite-Time Constrained Occupation Measures for Continuous-time Stochastic Systems
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.19014