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2019

Provably Safe Controller Synthesis Using Safety Proofs as Building Blocks


Abstract

We describe an approach to developing a verified controller using hybrid system safety predicates. It selects from a dictionary of sequences of control actions, interleaving them and under model assumptions guaranteeing their continuing safety in unbounded time. The controller can adapt to changing priorities and objectives during operation. It can confer safety guarantees on a primary controller, identifying, intervening, and remediating actions that might lead to unsafe conditions in the future. Remediation is delayed until the latest time at which a safety-preserving intervention is available. When the assumptions of the safety proofs are violated, the controller provides altered but quantifiable safety guarantees. We apply this approach to synthesize a controller for aircraft collision avoidance, and report on the performance of this controller as a stand-alone collision avoidance system, and as a safety controller for the FAA’s next-generation aircraft collision avoidance system ACAS X.

Citation

@inproceedingsKouskoulas_2019 doi: 10.1109/conisoft.2019.00015 url: https://doi.org/10.1109/conisoft.2019.00015 year: 2019 month: oct publisher: IEEE author: Kouskoulas Yanni and Schmidt Aurora and Jeannin Jean-Baptiste and Genin Daniel and Lopez Jessica title: Provably Safe Controller Synthesis Using Safety Proofs as Building Blocks booktitle: 2019 7th International Conference in Software Engineering Research and Innovation (CONISOFT)

Citation

@inproceedingsKouskoulas_2019 doi: 10.1109/conisoft.2019.00015 url: https://doi.org/10.1109/conisoft.2019.00015 year: 2019 month: oct publisher: IEEE author: Kouskoulas Yanni and Schmidt Aurora and Jeannin Jean-Baptiste and Genin Daniel and Lopez Jessica title: Provably Safe Controller Synthesis Using Safety Proofs as Building Blocks booktitle: 2019 7th International Conference in Software Engineering Research and Innovation (CONISOFT)