TY - GEN
T1 - Automated Synthesis of Verified Neural Network Controllers from Linear Temporal Logic Specifications
AU - O’Quinn, Austin
AU - Taylor, Max
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2025/10/12
Y1 - 2025/10/12
N2 - Deep neural networks have demonstrated remarkable capabilities across diverse domains, yet their unpredictable behavior and potential for catastrophic failures severely limit their deployment in safety-critical applications such as critical infrastructure control. This limitation is particularly frustrating as neural networks often outperform traditional control systems in handling complex, nonlinear dynamics and adapting to varying conditions. We present a pipeline that transforms Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) specifications into verified deep neural networks, guaranteeing that the synthesized controllers satisfy all safety and liveness properties by construction. By bridging formal methods with modern machine learning, our approach enables the use of neural networks in safety-critical systems with mathematical guarantees of correctness, opening new possibilities for intelligent control in domains where failure is not an option.
AB - Deep neural networks have demonstrated remarkable capabilities across diverse domains, yet their unpredictable behavior and potential for catastrophic failures severely limit their deployment in safety-critical applications such as critical infrastructure control. This limitation is particularly frustrating as neural networks often outperform traditional control systems in handling complex, nonlinear dynamics and adapting to varying conditions. We present a pipeline that transforms Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) specifications into verified deep neural networks, guaranteeing that the synthesized controllers satisfy all safety and liveness properties by construction. By bridging formal methods with modern machine learning, our approach enables the use of neural networks in safety-critical systems with mathematical guarantees of correctness, opening new possibilities for intelligent control in domains where failure is not an option.
KW - automated synthesis
KW - formal verification
KW - linear temporal logic
KW - neural network controllers
KW - safety-critical systems
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105021937167
U2 - 10.1145/3733823.3764517
DO - 10.1145/3733823.3764517
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:105021937167
T3 - RICSS 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 Workshop on Re-design Industrial Control Systems with Security
SP - 26
EP - 34
BT - RICSS 2025 - Proceedings of the 2025 Workshop on Re-design Industrial Control Systems with Security
T2 - 2025 Workshop on Re-design Industrial Control Systems with Security, RICSS 2025
Y2 - 13 October 2025 through 17 October 2025
ER -