Synthesis of dynamic masks for infinite-step opacity

X Yin, S Li - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We investigate the problem of synthesizing dynamic masks that preserve the infinite-step
opacity in the context of discrete-event systems. Dynamic mask is an information acquisition …

A general approach for optimizing dynamic sensor activation for discrete event systems

X Yin, S Lafortune - Automatica, 2019 - Elsevier
We study the problem of dynamic sensor activation for centralized partially-observed
discrete event systems. The sensors can be turned on/off online dynamically according to a …

Maximum information release while ensuring opacity in discrete event systems

B Zhang, S Shu, F Lin - IEEE Transactions on Automation …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Opacity is important in investigating secrecy, privacy, and other properties in general
systems that can be modeled as discrete event systems. To ensure opacity, a controller may …

Initial-state detectability of stochastic discrete-event systems with probabilistic sensor failures

X Yin - Automatica, 2017 - Elsevier
Initial-state estimation is an important problem in discrete-event systems. In this problem, the
initial-state of the system is unknown and one wants to determine the initial-state of the …

Minimal reconstructibility of Boolean control networks

X Li, Y Liu, J Cao, M Abdel-Aty - IEEE Transactions on Systems …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article studies the minimal reconstructibility of Boolean control networks (BCNs) based
on the semi-tensor product (STP). Two effective criteria for the reconstructibility of BCNs …

Minimization of sensor activation in decentralized discrete-event systems

X Yin, S Lafortune - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We investigate the problem of dynamic sensor activation for decentralized decision making
in partially observed discrete-event systems, where the system is monitored by a set of …

Fault-tolerant control for safety of discrete-event systems

S Shu, F Lin - IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper considers fault-tolerant control that ensures the safety of a discrete-event system.
We consider multiple faulty modes. Each faulty mode is modeled by an automaton. These …

Analysis of strong and strong periodic detectability of bounded labeled Petri nets

H Lan, Y Tong, C Seatzu - Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
Detectability describes the property of a system to uniquely determine, after a finite number
of observations, the current and the subsequent states. Different notions of detectability have …

Overview of opacity in discrete event systems

Y Guo, X Jiang, C Guo, S Wang, O Karoui - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, opacity has received increasing attention in terms of analyzing security and
privacy problems. Opacity is a confidentiality property that characterizes a system's ability to …

Minimal sensor activation and minimal communication in discrete-event systems

D Sears, K Rudie - Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, 2016 - Springer
This paper is an overview of the current research on minimal sensor activation and minimal
communication in discrete-event systems. In problems of sensor activation agents observing …