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math.OC2025

An Overview of Sensitivity-Based Distributed Optimization and Model Predictive Control

Maximilian Pierer von Esch, Andreas Völz, Knut Graichen

This paper presents a concise overview of sensitivity-based methods for solving large-scale optimization problems in distributed fashion. The approach relies on sensitivities and p…

math.OC2025

Enforcing Convergence in Sensitivity-based Distributed Programming via Transformed Primal-Dual Updates

Maximilian Pierer von Esch, Andreas Völz, Knut Graichen

Sensitivity-based distributed programming (SBDP) is a decomposition method for solving large-scale nonlinear programs over graph-structured networks. However, its convergence depen…

cs.CY2025

A Concept for Efficient Scalability of Automated Driving Allowing for Technical, Legal, Cultural, and Ethical Differences

Lars Ullrich, Michael Buchholz, Jonathan Petit +2

Efficient scalability of automated driving (AD) is key to reducing costs, enhancing safety, conserving resources, and maximizing impact. However, research focuses on specific vehic…

cs.AI2025

A New Perspective On AI Safety Through Control Theory Methodologies

Lars Ullrich, Walter Zimmer, Ross Greer +3

While artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing rapidly and mastering increasingly complex problems with astonishing performance, the safety assurance of such systems is a major co…

cs.RO2025

Enhancing System Self-Awareness and Trust of AI: A Case Study in Trajectory Prediction and Planning

Lars Ullrich, Zurab Mujirishvili, Knut Graichen

In the trajectory planning of automated driving, data-driven statistical artificial intelligence (AI) methods are increasingly established for predicting the emergent behavior of o…

cs.CY2025★ 15 cited

AI Safety Assurance for Automated Vehicles: A Survey on Research, Standardization, Regulation

Lars Ullrich, Michael Buchholz, Klaus Dietmayer +1

Assuring safety of artificial intelligence (AI) applied to safety-critical systems is of paramount importance. Especially since research in the field of automated driving shows tha…

math.OC2025

Sensitivity-Based Distributed Programming for Non-Convex Optimization

Maximilian Pierer von Esch, Andreas Völz, Knut Graichen

This paper presents a novel sensitivity-based distributed programming (SBDP) approach for non-convex, large-scale nonlinear programs (NLP). The algorithm relies on first-order sens…

cs.SE2025★ 18 cited

Expanding the Classical V-Model for the Development of Complex Systems Incorporating AI

Lars Ullrich, Michael Buchholz, Klaus Dietmayer +1

Research in the field of automated vehicles, or more generally cognitive cyber-physical systems that operate in the real world, is leading to increasingly complex systems. Among ot…