Verification of uncertain embedded systems by computing reachable sets based on zonotopes

Matthias Althoff, Olaf Stursberg, Martin Buss

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Abstract

Formal verification using reachability analysis has been shown to be useful for detecting design failures for controlled embedded systems, and thus to improve dependability. If the state space is hybrid, however, the growth of complexity with the dimension of the continuous dynamics limits the applicability significantly. This paper proposes an efficient approach to computing reachable sets for hybrid systems with time-varying linear continuous dynamics and uncertain inputs. The key idea is to combine zonotopes and polytopes for set representation when reachable sets are intersected with the transition guards which determine the discrete behavior of the hybrid system. Different methods for conservatively transforming zonotopes into polytopes (and vice versa) are proposed and experimentally compared.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 17th World Congress, International Federation of Automatic Control, IFAC
Edition1 PART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Event17th World Congress, International Federation of Automatic Control, IFAC - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 6 Jul 200811 Jul 2008

Publication series

NameIFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)
Number1 PART 1
Volume17
ISSN (Print)1474-6670

Conference

Conference17th World Congress, International Federation of Automatic Control, IFAC
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period6/07/0811/07/08

Keywords

  • Hybrid systems modeling and control
  • Switched discrete and hybrid systems
  • Verification

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