2403.12379
Probabilistic reachable sets of stochastic nonlinear systems with contextual uncertainties
Xun Shen, Ye Wang, Kazumune Hashimoto, Yuhu Wu, Sebastien Gros
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- Sep 28, 2025, 12:56 AM
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The paper proves almost-uniform convergence of the resampling-based chance-constraint approximation and convergence of optimal values/solutions (Theorems 1–2) via (i) Monte Carlo convergence to a resampling-law probability using an existing smooth SAA result plus Egorov, and (ii) convergence of the resampling law to the true law using LS-CDE, Scheffé/Portmanteau, and induction in k. The candidate model reaches the same conclusions with a different proof: a VC–Glivenko–Cantelli step for the Monte Carlo error, plus stability of k-step pushforwards in total variation from L1-consistency of the conditional density estimator, and the same Egorov/Berge-type stability for optimization. Both arguments are substantively correct; each has a mild regularity gap (paper: asserting pointwise-in-ξ convergence from an L2 result; model: requiring uniform-on-compacts L1-consistency in ξ). These gaps are standard and can be patched by clarifying the regularity assumptions.
Referee report (LaTeX)
\textbf{Recommendation:} minor revisions \textbf{Journal Tier:} specialist/solid \textbf{Justification:} The paper proposes a principled resampling-based method for contextual chance constraints with LS-CDE and proves almost-uniform convergence of both constraints and solutions. The theoretical path is correct in substance and useful. Minor measure-theoretic clarifications are needed around the passage from integrated L2 LS-CDE error to pointwise-in-ξ convergence and in the induction step’s tail control. With these clarifications, the paper is solid and suitable for publication.