TY - GEN
T1 - Statistical verification for complex controllers with applications to unmanned aircraft
AU - Samad, Tariq
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Research in advanced control has had limited impact on real-world applications. We believe a principal cause is that the computational and performance properties of complex controllers cannot be feasibly analyzed using traditional (i.e., deterministic) verification and validation techniques. Statistical methods present an alternative. We discuss how extensions of statistical learning theory can provide rigorous estimates of reliability. Applications to computational tractability (e.g., under what conditions can we be assured that an iterative control calculation will terminate within an allocated time interval?) and critical performance aspects (e.g., under what conditions can high-performance maneuvers be successfully executed?) are presented. The applications pertain to new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are designed for urban environments.
AB - Research in advanced control has had limited impact on real-world applications. We believe a principal cause is that the computational and performance properties of complex controllers cannot be feasibly analyzed using traditional (i.e., deterministic) verification and validation techniques. Statistical methods present an alternative. We discuss how extensions of statistical learning theory can provide rigorous estimates of reliability. Applications to computational tractability (e.g., under what conditions can we be assured that an iterative control calculation will terminate within an allocated time interval?) and critical performance aspects (e.g., under what conditions can high-performance maneuvers be successfully executed?) are presented. The applications pertain to new unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that are designed for urban environments.
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U2 - 10.1109/ACC.2007.4283163
DO - 10.1109/ACC.2007.4283163
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:46449131407
SN - 1424409888
SN - 9781424409884
T3 - Proceedings of the American Control Conference
SP - 165
EP - 169
BT - Proceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference, ACC
T2 - 2007 American Control Conference, ACC
Y2 - 9 July 2007 through 13 July 2007
ER -