A Validated Integration Algorithm for Nonlinear ODEs using Taylor Models and Ellipsoidal Calculus

This paper presents a novel algorithm for bounding the reachable set of parametric nonlinear differential equations. This algorithm is based on a first-discretize-then-bound approach to enclose the reachable set via propagation of a Taylor model with ellipsoidal remainder, and it accounts for truncation errors that are inherent to the discretization. In contrast to existing algorithms that proceed in two phases—an a priori enclosure phase, …