arXiv Machine Learning

Certified Robust Invariant Polytope Training in Neural Controlled ODEs

arXiv:2408. 01273v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We propose a framework for training neural network controllers with certified robust forward invariant polytopes.

arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 4

Certified Neural Approximations of Nonlinear Dynamics

arXiv:2505. 15497v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Neural networks hold great potential to act as approximate models of nonlinear dynamical systems, with the resulting neural approximations enabling verification and control of such systems.

By Frederik Baymler Mathiesen, Nikolaus Vertovec, Francesco Fabiano, Luca Laurenti, Alessandro Abate
arXiv AI
Jun 16

TNODEV: Toolbox for Neural ODE Verification

arXiv:2606. 16567v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Neural ordinary differential equations (neural ODE) have started to appear in safety critical settings such as continuous-time controllers for cyber-physical systems and classifiers integrated into automated decision pipelines, raising the question of whether their behavior can be formally verified.

By Abdelrahman Sayed Sayed, Pierre-Jean Meyer, Mohamed Ghazel
arXiv AI
Jul 2

GPU-Parallel Linearization Error Bounds for Real-Time Robust Optimal Control of Nonlinear and Neural Network Dynamics

arXiv:2607. 01203v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This paper studies real-time robust optimal control for uncertain nonlinear systems, where linear time-varying (LTV) approximations make planning tractable but require sound linearization error bounds (LEBs) to guarantee robust constraint satisfaction.

By Jeffrey Fang, Keyi Shen, Anutam Srinivasan, Glen Chou
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 16

Certified Inference and Training for Deep Equilibrium Networks: A Continuation Framework with Polynomial Complexity Guarantees

The paper introduces a certified continuation framework for computing and training deep equilibrium networks (DEQs). It uses compact input homotopy and a rounded Newton tracker for inference, and augments local-plus-low-rank recurrence with programmable dormant bilinear rank‑one channels for training. The approach guarantees polynomial‑time bit complexity, with certified bounds on inference and training error budgets.

By Alex Borisevich
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 14

VertexCBF: Improving Neural Control Barrier Functions via Vertex-Restricted Control Search

VertexCBF is a framework that learns neural control barrier functions (CBFs) by approximating the stationary Hamilton–Jacobi value function with a neural network trained through physics‑informed and sparsely supervised learning. It exploits control‑affine dynamics and a convex polytope control set to generate supervision points via GPU‑parallel vertex‑restricted tree search, ensuring the learned CBF never exceeds the specified constraint function. The method was evaluated on 15 systems, outperforming baselines by recovering larger safe sets, and demonstrated on a mobile robot that safely avoids pedestrians using a neural CBF trained with this approach.

By Bojan Deraji\'c, Sebastian Bernhard, Wolfgang H\"onig