Back to search
2403.12379

Probabilistic reachable sets of stochastic nonlinear systems with contextual uncertainties

Xun Shen, Ye Wang, Kazumune Hashimoto, Yuhu Wu, Sebastien Gros

correctmedium confidence
Category
Not specified
Journal tier
Specialist/Solid
Processed
Sep 28, 2025, 12:56 AM

Audit review

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.