Gray-box adversarial testing for control systems with machine learning components

Shakiba Yaghoubi, Georgios Fainekos

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Abstract

Neural Networks (NN) have been proposed in the past as an effective means for both modeling and control of systems with very complex dynamics. However, despite the extensive research, NN-based controllers have not been adopted by the industry for safety critical systems. The primary reason is that systems with learning based controllers are notoriously hard to test and verify. Even harder is the analysis of such systems against system-level specifications. In this paper, we provide a gradient based method for searching the input space of a closed-loop control system in order to find adversarial samples against some system-level requirements. Our experimental results show that combined with randomized search, our method outperforms Simulated Annealing optimization.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationHSCC 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 22nd ACM International Conference on Hybrid Systems
Subtitle of host publicationComputation and Control
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages179-184
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781450362825
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 16 2019
Event22nd ACM International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, HSCC 2019 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: Apr 16 2019Apr 18 2019

Publication series

NameHSCC 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 22nd ACM International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control

Conference

Conference22nd ACM International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, HSCC 2019
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period4/16/194/18/19

Keywords

  • Neural network
  • Optimization
  • Testing and verification

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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