Compressing ACAS-Xu Lookup Tables with Binary Decision Diagrams

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Hauptverfasser: Boniol, Martin, Brunel, Julien, Chaudron, Jean-Baptiste, Garion, Christophe, Thirioux, Xavier
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author Boniol, Martin
Brunel, Julien
Chaudron, Jean-Baptiste
Garion, Christophe
Thirioux, Xavier
author_facet Boniol, Martin
Brunel, Julien
Chaudron, Jean-Baptiste
Garion, Christophe
Thirioux, Xavier
contents The Airborne Collision Avoidance System Xu (ACAS-Xu) relies on large certified Look-Up Tables (LUTs) that encode the exact decision logic used in operation. Neural-network-based approximations have been proposed to reduce memory requirements, but they inherently introduce approximation errors and complicate formal verification. This paper presents a symbolic compression approach based on Binary Decision Diagrams (BDDs) that preserves the exact semantics of the ACAS-Xu LUTs. The resulting representation is canonical, deterministic, and fully equivalent to the original tables, enabling sound and exact reasoning over the complete decision logic. By expressing both the system behavior and domain-specific operational properties within a common Boolean framework, verification reduces to efficient BDD operations and emptiness checks, with precise counterexamples generated when properties are violated. We demonstrate that the proposed BDD-based representation significantly reduces memory usage, achieves predictable and low-latency execution, and can be deployed on embedded platforms. These results highlight BDDs as a compelling alternative for exact, verifiable, and embedded deployment of ACAS-Xu decision logic.
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spellingShingle Compressing ACAS-Xu Lookup Tables with Binary Decision Diagrams
Boniol, Martin
Brunel, Julien
Chaudron, Jean-Baptiste
Garion, Christophe
Thirioux, Xavier
Logic in Computer Science
Neural and Evolutionary Computing
The Airborne Collision Avoidance System Xu (ACAS-Xu) relies on large certified Look-Up Tables (LUTs) that encode the exact decision logic used in operation. Neural-network-based approximations have been proposed to reduce memory requirements, but they inherently introduce approximation errors and complicate formal verification. This paper presents a symbolic compression approach based on Binary Decision Diagrams (BDDs) that preserves the exact semantics of the ACAS-Xu LUTs. The resulting representation is canonical, deterministic, and fully equivalent to the original tables, enabling sound and exact reasoning over the complete decision logic. By expressing both the system behavior and domain-specific operational properties within a common Boolean framework, verification reduces to efficient BDD operations and emptiness checks, with precise counterexamples generated when properties are violated. We demonstrate that the proposed BDD-based representation significantly reduces memory usage, achieves predictable and low-latency execution, and can be deployed on embedded platforms. These results highlight BDDs as a compelling alternative for exact, verifiable, and embedded deployment of ACAS-Xu decision logic.
title Compressing ACAS-Xu Lookup Tables with Binary Decision Diagrams
topic Logic in Computer Science
Neural and Evolutionary Computing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.27008