eess.SYJun 14, 2026

Anisotropic Template Ansätze for Robust Positive Invariance under State-Dependent Uncertainty

Authors: Abdelrahman RamadanMelissa GreeffSidney Givigi

Abstract

We establish sufficient conditions for robust positive invariance under state- and input-dependent disturbances with anisotropic covariance structure. The proposed ansatz maps a fixed ellipsoidal template through a GP-derived positive-definite matrix field, subsuming scalar homothetic scaling while retaining finite graph-based verification. The resulting LMI conditions couple the learned field to Schur-stable dynamics; an isotropic fallback with inflation factor r=1/(1γcl)r=1/(1-γ_{\mathrm{cl}}) proves admissibility. During each learning epoch the field is frozen, so online tube evaluation is one GP covariance query and a small matrix square root, with no online set iteration or LMI solve. Quadrotor simulations show a 195×195\times reduction in 3D velocity-tube volume and a 2.1×1052.1{\times}10^5 reduction in the joint 7D velocity-control subspace relative to a non-adaptive homothetic baseline. This extended version adds full proofs, a separated offline/online complexity analysis, and controller-sweep, contraction, and projection-area studies.

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