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7 papers

math.OC2026

Solving Reach- and Stabilize-Avoid Problems Using Discounted Reachability

Boyang Li, Zheng Gong, Sylvia Herbert

In this article, we consider the infinite-horizon reach-avoid (RA) and stabilize-avoid (SA) zero-sum game problems for general nonlinear continuous-time systems, where the goal is…

cs.RO2026

Value Functions for Temporal Logic: Optimal Policies and Safety Filters

Oswin So, William Sharpless, Sylvia Herbert +1

While Bellman equations for basic reach, avoid, and reach-avoid problems are well studied, the relationship between value optimality and policy optimality becomes subtle in the und…

math.OC2026

Robust Control Lyapunov-Value Functions for Nonlinear Disturbed Systems

Zheng Gong, Sylvia Herbert

Control Lyapunov Functions (CLFs) have been extensively used in the control community. A well-known drawback is the absence of a systematic way to construct CLFs for general nonlin…

eess.SY2025

State-Augmented Linear Games with Antagonistic Error for High-Dimensional, Nonlinear Hamilton-Jacobi Reachability

Will Sharpless, Yat Tin Chow, Sylvia Herbert

Hamilton-Jacobi Reachability (HJR) is a popular method for analyzing the liveness and safety of a dynamical system with bounded control and disturbance. The corresponding HJ value…

eess.SY2025

Conservative Linear Envelopes for Nonlinear, High-Dimensional, Hamilton-Jacobi Reachability

Will Sharpless, Yat Tin Chow, Sylvia Herbert

Hamilton-Jacobi reachability (HJR) provides a value function that encodes the set of states from which a system with bounded control inputs can reach or avoid a target despite any…

cs.RO2025

Reach-Avoid-Stabilize Using Admissible Control Sets

Zheng Gong, Boyang Li, Sylvia Herbert

Hamilton-Jacobi Reachability (HJR) analysis has been successfully used in many robotics and control tasks, and is especially effective in computing reach-avoid sets and control law…