Title :
Stochastic reachability as an exit problem
Author :
Bujorianu, Manuela L. ; Blom, Henk A P
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Math., Univ. of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Abstract :
For stochastic hybrid systems, safety verification methods are very little supported mainly because of complexity and difficulty of the associated mathematical problems. The key of the methods that succeeded in solving various instances of this problem is to prove the equivalence of these instances with known problems. In this paper, we apply the same pattern to the most general model of stochastic hybrid systems. Stochastic reachability problem can be treated as an exit problem for a suitable class of Markov processes. The solutions of this problem can be characterised using Hamilton Jacobi theory.
Keywords :
Markov processes; equivalence classes; reachability analysis; stochastic systems; Hamilton Jacobi theory; Markov process; equivalence; exit problem; mathematical problem; safety verification; stochastic hybrid system; stochastic reachability; Aerodynamics; Dynamic programming; Equations; Jacobian matrices; Markov processes; Optimal control; Probability distribution; Reachability analysis; Stochastic processes; Stochastic systems;
Conference_Titel :
Control and Automation, 2009. MED '09. 17th Mediterranean Conference on
Conference_Location :
Thessaloniki
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4684-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4685-8
DOI :
10.1109/MED.2009.5164681