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most citedAutomata-based Controller Synthesis for Stochastic Systems: A Game Framework via Approximate Probabilistic Relations

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cs.MS2026

Scen-Opt: A Scenario Optimization Toolbox for Data-Driven Convex Programming

Ben Wooding, Simone Garatti, Marco C. Campi +1

The scenario approach is a well-established statistical framework for data-driven decision-making. In particular, in data-driven optimization, the scenario approach unveils how the…

eess.SY2026

Data-Driven Formal Methods for Complex Dynamical Systems: A Survey

Behrad Samari, Alessandro Abate, Antoine Girard +3

Data-driven approaches with formal guarantees have recently emerged as a powerful means for the verification and controller synthesis of complex dynamical systems. Interest in thes…

eess.SY2026

Safe Packetized Control for Stochastic Constrained Networked Systems

Omid Akbarzadeh, MohammadHossein Ashoori, Mohammad H. Mamduhi +1

This work develops a formal framework for the synthesis of packetized safety controllers for discrete-time polynomial stochastic networked control systems (dt-PSNCS) operating unde…

eess.SY2026

Data-Driven Stabilizing Controller Design for Linear Infinite Networks

Mahdieh Zaker, Andrii Mironchenko, Amy Nejati +1

We propose a direct data-driven method for controller synthesis of infinite networks composed of unknown linear time-invariant subsystems. Using a single set of noise-corrupted inp…

eess.SY2026

k-Inductive Neural Barrier Certificates for Unknown Nonlinear Dynamics

Ben Wooding, Hongchao Zhang, Taylor T. Johnson +1

While conventional (k=1) discrete-time barrier certificate conditions impose strict safety constraints by requiring the function to be non-increasing at every step, k-inductive bar…

eess.SY2026

Data-Driven Global Stabilization of Unknown Infinite Networks

Mahdieh Zaker, Andrii Mironchenko, Amy Nejati +1

This paper develops a direct data-driven framework for infinite networks with unknown nonlinear polynomial subsystems, enabling the synthesis of controllers that ensure the entire…

eess.SY2026

Towards Certified Sim-to-Real Transfer via Stochastic Simulation-Gap Functions

P Sangeerth, Abolfazl Lavaei, Pushpak Jagtap

This paper introduces the notion of stochastic simulation-gap function, which formally quantifies the gap between an approximate mathematical model and a high-fidelity stochastic s…

eess.SY2026

From Noisy Data to Hierarchical Control: A Model-Order-Reduction Framework

Behrad Samari, Henrik Sandberg, Karl H. Johansson +1

This paper develops a direct data-driven framework for constructing reduced-order models (ROMs) of discrete-time linear dynamical systems with unknown dynamics and process disturba…

eess.SY2026

Safety Controller Synthesis for Stochastic Polynomial Time-Delayed Systems

Omid Akbarzadeh, MohammadHossein Ashoori, Amy Nejati +1

This work develops a theoretical framework for safety controller synthesis in discrete-time stochastic nonlinear polynomial systems subject to time-invariant delays (dt-SNPS-td). W…

eess.SY2026

A Data-Driven Krasovskii-Based Approach for Safety Controller Design of Time-Delayed Uncertain Polynomial Systems

Omid Akbarzadeh, MohammadHossein Ashoori, Amy Nejati +1

We develop a data-driven framework for the synthesis of robust Krasovskii control barrier certificates (RK-CBC) and corresponding robust safety controllers (R-SC) for discrete-time…

eess.SY2025

From Dissipativity Property to Data-Driven GAS Certificate of Degree-One Homogeneous Networks with Unknown Topology

Abolfazl Lavaei, David Angeli

In this work, we propose a data-driven divide and conquer strategy for the stability analysis of interconnected homogeneous nonlinear networks of degree one with unknown models and…

eess.SY2025

From Formal Methods to Data-Driven Safety Certificates of Unknown Large-Scale Networks

Omid Akbarzadeh, Behrad Samari, Amy Nejati +1

In this work, we propose a data-driven scheme within a compositional framework with noisy data to design robust safety controllers in a fully decentralized fashion for large-scale…

eess.SY2025

Data-Driven Adaptive Second-Order Sliding Mode Control with Noisy Data

Behrad Samari, Gian Paolo Incremona, Antonella Ferrara +1

This paper proposes a data-driven approach to designing adaptive suboptimal second-order sliding mode (ASSOSM) controllers for a class of single-input nonlinear systems with partia…

eess.SY2025

Data-Efficient Control of Polynomial Systems via Physics-Guided Quadratic Constraints

MohammadHossein Ashoori, Ali Aminzadeh, Amy Nejati +1

This work addresses the critical challenge of guaranteeing safety for complex dynamical systems where precise mathematical models are uncertain and data measurements are corrupted…

eess.SY2025

Data-Driven Stochastic Control: Foundations and Guarantees

Abolfazl Lavaei

This work establishes a step forward in advancing data-driven trajectory-based methods for stochastic systems with unknown mathematical dynamics. In contrast to scenario-based appr…

eess.SY2025

Data-Driven Incremental GAS Certificate of Nonlinear Homogeneous Networks: A Scenario Approach with Noisy Data

Mahdieh Zaker, David Angeli, Abolfazl Lavaei

This work focuses on a compositional data-driven approach to verify incremental global asymptotic stability (delta-GAS) over interconnected homogeneous networks of degree one with…

eess.SY2025

Data-Driven Model Order Reduction of Nonlinear Systems with Noisy Data

Behrad Samari, Henrik Sandberg, Karl H. Johansson +1

Model order reduction techniques simplify high-dimensional dynamical systems by deriving lower-dimensional models that retain essential system characteristics. These techniques are…

eess.SY2025

Safety Controller Synthesis for Stochastic Networked Systems under Communication Constraints

Omid Akbarzadeh, Mohammad H. Mamduhi, Abolfazl Lavaei

This paper develops a framework for synthesizing safety controllers for discrete-time stochastic linear control systems (dt-SLS) operating under communication imperfections. The co…

eess.SY2025

Data-Driven Safety Certificates of Infinite Networks with Unknown Models and Interconnection Topologies

Mahdieh Zaker, Amy Nejati, Abolfazl Lavaei

Infinite networks are complex interconnected systems comprising a countably infinite number of subsystems, for which no fixed upper bound on the number of participating subsystems…

cs.LO2025

ARCH-COMP25 Category Report: Stochastic Models

Alessandro Abate, Omid Akbarzadeh, Henk A. P. Blom +14

This report is concerned with a friendly competition for formal verification and policy synthesis of stochastic models. The main goal of the report is to introduce new benchmarks a…

eess.SY2025

TRUST: Stability and Safety Controller Synthesis for Unknown Dynamical Models Using a Single Trajectory

Jamie Gardner, Ben Wooding, Amy Nejati +1

TRUST is an open-source software tool developed for data-driven controller synthesis of dynamical systems with unknown mathematical models, ensuring either stability or safety prop…

eess.SY2025

From Data to Global Asymptotic Stability of Unknown Large-Scale Networks with Provable Guarantees

Mahdieh Zaker, Amy Nejati, Abolfazl Lavaei

We offer a compositional data-driven scheme for synthesizing controllers that ensure global asymptotic stability (GAS) across large-scale interconnected networks, characterized by…

eess.SY2025

Data-Driven Dynamic Controller Synthesis for Discrete-Time General Nonlinear Systems

Behrad Samari, Abolfazl Lavaei

Synthesizing safety controllers for general nonlinear systems is a highly challenging task, particularly when the system models are unknown, and input constraints are present. Whil…

eess.SY2025

From Data to Sliding Mode Control of Uncertain Large-Scale Networks with Unknown Dynamics

Behrad Samari, Gian Paolo Incremona, Antonella Ferrara +1

In this paper, we develop a compositional data-driven approach for the global stabilization of large-scale nonlinear networks with unknown dynamics and external perturbations. We f…