On the probabilistic analysis of neural networks
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Author(s)
Păsăreanu, Corina
Converse, Hayes
Filieri, Antonio
Gopinath, Divya
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Neural networks are powerful tools for automated decision-making, seeing increased application in safety-critical domains, such as autonomous driving. Due to their black-box nature and large scale, reasoning about their behavior is challenging. Statistical analysis is often used to infer probabilistic properties of a network, such as its robustness to noise and inaccurate inputs. While scalable, statistical methods can only provide probabilistic guarantees on the quality of their results and may underestimate the impact of low probability inputs leading to undesired behavior of the network.
We investigate here the use of symbolic analysis and constraint solution space quantification to precisely quantify probabilistic properties in neural networks. We demonstrate the potential of the proposed technique in a case study involving the analysis of ACAS-Xu, a collision avoidance system for unmanned aircraft control.
We investigate here the use of symbolic analysis and constraint solution space quantification to precisely quantify probabilistic properties in neural networks. We demonstrate the potential of the proposed technique in a case study involving the analysis of ACAS-Xu, a collision avoidance system for unmanned aircraft control.
Date Issued
2020-06-29
Date Acceptance
2020-06-01
Citation
Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 15th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems, 2020, pp.5-8
ISBN
9781450379625
Publisher
ACM
Start Page
5
End Page
8
Journal / Book Title
Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 15th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems
Copyright Statement
© 2020 Copyright held by the owner/author(s).
Identifier
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3387939.3391594
Source
SEAMS '20: IEEE/ACM 15th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems
Publication Status
Published
Start Date
2020-06-29
Finish Date
2020-07-03
Coverage Spatial
Seoul, South Korea
Date Publish Online
2020-09-18