Large Language Models as Falsifiers for Cyber-Physical Systems
Quick summary
arXiv:2609.20752v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Falsification searches for counterexamples to formal specifications in cyber-physical systems (CPS). With specifications written in Signal Temporal Logic (STL), falsification can be formulated as a robustness optimization problem, traditionally tackled with black-box search algorithms. In parallel, large language models (LLMs) have recently emerged as surprisingly effective optimizers when coupled with iterative prompting. In this work, we connect these ideas and introduce LLM-Falsifier, an LLM-based approach that falsifies specifications by mi
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2609.20752v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Falsification searches for counterexamples to formal specifications in cyber-physical systems (CPS).
- With specifications written in Signal Temporal Logic (STL), falsification can be formulated as a robustness optimization problem, traditionally tackled with black-box search algorithms.
- In parallel, large language models (LLMs) have recently emerged as surprisingly effective optimizers when coupled with iterative prompting.
Why it matters
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