Adversarial and Stochastic Elements in Autonomous Systems



  • This site is dedicated to issues related to both stochastic and adversarial inputs in autonomous systems. In addition, the emphasis is on defense applications. Both classes of inputs may appear in the observation process and in the dynamics. Further, when the system is networked, one can expect these inputs in the communication links as well.




  • This introductory document outlines some of the basic issues under consideration.



  • A small workshop was held in Arlington, VA, USA on March 23-24, 2009. Much deep thought (some components of which were more successful than others) went into the discussions and presentations.

    Some presentations follow.

  • An interpretation of the presentation of S. Banda, AFRL.

  • The presentation of J. Evers, AFRL.

  • The presentation of M. Jacobs, AFOSR.

  • The presentation of A. Kott, Army.

  • The presentation of K. Pham, AFRL.


  • The presentation of J. Baras, Univ. of Maryland.

  • The presentation of P. Caines, McGill Univ.

  • The presentation of D. Castanon, Boston Univ.

  • The presentation of P. Dupuis, Brown Univ.

  • The presentation of B. Fitzpatrick, Tempest-Tech and Loyola Marymount Univ.

  • The presentation of D. Hernandez-Hernandez, Centro de Investigacion en Matematics.

  • The presentation of V. Kolokoltsov, Univ. of Warwick.

  • The presentation of S. Meyn, Univ. of Illinos, U.-C.

  • The presentation of I. Mezic, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara.

  • The presentation of M. Pachter, AFIT.

  • The presentation of B. Pasik-Duncan, Univ. of Kansas.

  • The presentation of J. Shamma, Georgia Tech.

  • The presentation of J. Speyer, Univ. of California, Los Angeles.

  • The presentation of G. Yin, Wayne State Univ.


  • The presentation of A. Banaszuk, UTRC.

  • The presentation of E. Lavretsky, Boeing.


    Some outputs from breakout session discussions follow.

  • A transcription of the main points of Breakout Session A.

  • A transcription of the main points of Breakout Session B (may download an .rtf file).