arXiv:2608.20053cs.AI2026-08

用安全网实现神经网络的可认证设计,让航空AI运行零错误。

On the Applicability of Safety Nets: A Safety-By-Design Solution for Certifying Neural Networks

  • 用压缩神经网络加查表的组合方案,确保输出100%正确。
  • 3~5层、每层50~100节点的结构最省存储,覆盖97%以上数据。
  • 开源实现支持航空系统认证,适配现有硬件内存限制。

人工智能在航空安全关键系统中的集成面临认证与部署挑战。为满足欧洲航空安全局(EASA)对安全设计的要求,本文提出安全网(Safety Nets)方案,结合神经网络压缩与查表机制,确保在整个离散操作设计域内运行时行为100%正确。本研究首次系统分析了神经网络与查表规模之间的权衡关系。通过对比多种架构,发现具有3至5个隐藏层、每层约50至100个节点,并采用独热编码的结构最优:此类网络可准确表示至少97%的数据,剩余误差由紧凑查表处理。最终安全网将系统规模缩小近三个数量级,可在当前航电硬件内存预算内运行,且满足EASA要求的全输入空间100%正确输出。本文还首次公开了针对高完整性航空系统(HCAS)和垂直防撞系统(VCAS)的安全网开源实现,结果可复现,为航空领域可认证AI提供了实用路径,确立了安全网作为安全优先设计的有效方案。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in safety-critical aviation systems presents significant challenges for certification and deployment. Aviation, often regarded as the safest form of transportation, relies on numerous safety-critical systems. For future safety-critical AI-based systems, EASA requires a Safety-by-Design approach, which can be achieved by using Safety Nets that combine neural network compression with lookup tables to ensure 100 % correct runtime behavior across the discretized operational design domain. Although Safety Nets have been studied, no comprehensive study of their performance characteristics and system design trade-offs has been conducted. This work presents the first systematic analysis of the trade-off between neural network and lookup table size in Safety Nets. By systematically comparing neural networks with diverse architectures, this study identifies optimal design parameters that minimize overall storage and memory requirements while maintaining certification compliance. Results demonstrate that architectures with 3 to 5 hidden layers, each with approximately 50 to 100 nodes, combined with one-hot encoding, achieve the best balance. In these configurations, neural networks accurately represent at least 97 % of the data, while compact lookup tables handle the remaining errors. The resulting Safety Nets reduce the system size by almost three orders of magnitude, fitting within the memory budget of current avionics hardware while guaranteeing 100 % correct outputs across the entire discretized input space, as required by EASA guidelines. This work provides the first-ever open-source implementation of Safety Nets for HCAS and VCAS with replicable results, demonstrating a practical pathway toward certifiable AI-based systems in aviation and establishing Safety Nets as a viable Safety-by-Design solution for safety-critical applications.

安全认证神经网络航空AI安全网

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