Safety verification of nonlinear hybrid systems based on invariant clusters

Hui Kong, Sergiy Bogomolov, Christian Schilling, Yu Jiang, Thomas A. Henzinger

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    Abstract

    In this paper, we propose an approach to automatically compute invariant clusters for nonlinear semialgebraic hybrid systems. An invariant cluster for an ordinary differential equation (ODE) is a multivariate polynomial invariant g(u→, x→) = 0, parametric in u→, which can yield an infinite number of concrete invariants by assigning different values to u→ so that every trajectory of the system can be overapproximated precisely by the intersection of a group of concrete invariants. For semialgebraic systems, which involve ODEs with multivariate polynomial right-hand sides, given a template multivariate polynomial g(u→, x→), an invariant cluster can be obtained by first computing the remainder of the Lie derivative of g(u→, x→) divided by g(u→, x→) and then solving the system of polynomial equations obtained from the coefficients of the remainder. Based on invariant clusters and sum-of-squares (SOS) programming, we present a new method for the safety verification of hybrid systems. Experiments on nonlinear benchmark systems from biology and control theory show that our approach is efficient.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationHSCC 2017 - Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Hybrid Systems
    Subtitle of host publicationComputation and Control (part of CPS Week)
    PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
    Pages163-172
    Number of pages10
    ISBN (Electronic)9781450345903
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 13 Apr 2017
    Event20th ACM International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, HSCC 2017 - Pittsburgh, United States
    Duration: 18 Apr 201720 Apr 2017

    Publication series

    NameHSCC 2017 - Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (part of CPS Week)

    Conference

    Conference20th ACM International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, HSCC 2017
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityPittsburgh
    Period18/04/1720/04/17

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