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We present a stochastic model predictive control (MPC) method for linear discrete-time systems subject to possibly unbounded and correlated additive stochastic disturbance sequences. Chance constraints are treated in analogy to robust MPC…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-01-23 Lukas Hewing , Kim P. Wabersich , Melanie N. Zeilinger

We consider the problem of simultaneous control and parameter estimation when the model is available only as a differentiable physics simulator. We propose a receding-horizon control framework in which a model predictive control (MPC)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Alan Williams , Alp Sunol

Optimality is a critical aspect of Model Predictive Control (MPC), especially in economic MPC. However, achieving optimality in MPC presents significant challenges, and may even be impossible, due to inherent inaccuracies in the predictive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-25 Akhil S Anand , Arash Bahari Kordabad , Mario Zanon , Sebastien Gros

Model Predictive Control (MPC) has become a popular framework in embedded control for high-performance autonomous systems. However, to achieve good control performance using MPC, an accurate dynamics model is key. To maintain real-time…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-26 Tim Salzmann , Elia Kaufmann , Jon Arrizabalaga , Marco Pavone , Davide Scaramuzza , Markus Ryll

In this paper we present a model predictive control (MPC) approach to optimize vehicle scheduling and routing in an autonomous mobility-on-demand (AMoD) system. In AMoD systems, robotic, self-driving vehicles transport customers within an…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-08-15 Rick Zhang , Federico Rossi , Marco Pavone

This paper proposes a real-time model predictive control (MPC) scheme to execute multiple tasks using robots over a finite-time horizon. In industrial robotic applications, we must carefully consider multiple constraints for avoiding joint…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-27 Jaemin Lee , Mingyo Seo , Andrew Bylard , Robert Sun , Luis Sentis

The main challenge in controlling hybrid systems arises from having to consider an exponential number of sequences of future modes to make good long-term decisions. Model predictive control (MPC) computes a control action through a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-09 Sandeep Menta , Joseph Warrington , John Lygeros , Manfred Morari

This article presents a constrained policy optimization approach for the optimal control of systems under nonstationary uncertainties. We introduce an assumption that we call Markov embeddability that allows us to cast the stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-11 Sungho Shin , François Pacaud , Emil Contantinescu , Mihai Anitescu

Model predictive control (MPC) is a powerful control method that allows to directly include state and input constraints into the controller design. However, errors in the model, e.g., caused by unknown disturbances, can lead to constraint…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-08 Felix Brändle , Frank Allgöwer

Model-free Reinforcement Learning (RL) works well when experience can be collected cheaply and model-based RL is effective when system dynamics can be modeled accurately. However, both assumptions can be violated in real world problems such…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-07 Mohak Bhardwaj , Ankur Handa , Dieter Fox , Byron Boots

We present a methodology to learn explicit Model Predictive Control (eMPC) laws from sample data points with tunable complexity. The learning process is cast in a special Neural Network setting where the coefficients of two linear layers…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-26 E. T. Maddalena , C. G. da S. Moraes , G. Waltrich , C. N. Jones

Stochastic model predictive control has been a successful and robust control framework for many robotics tasks where the system dynamics model is slightly inaccurate or in the presence of environment disturbances. Despite the successes, it…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-04-07 Rel Guzman , Rafael Oliveira , Fabio Ramos

Model predictive control (MPC) anticipates future events to take appropriate control actions. Nonlinear MPC (NMPC) describes systems with nonlinear models and/or constraints. A Continuation/GMRES Method for NMPC, suggested by T. Ohtsuka in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-09-10 Andrew Knyazev , Yuta Fujii , Alexander Malyshev

We propose model predictive funnel control, a novel model predictive control (MPC) scheme building upon recent results in funnel control. The latter is a high-gain feedback methodology that achieves evolution of the measured output within…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Jens Göbel , Dario Dennstädt , Lukas Lanza , Karl Worthmann , Thomas Berger , Tobias Damm

Least-square system identification is widely used for data-driven model-predictive control (MPC) of unknown or partially known systems. This letter investigates how the system identification and subsequent MPC is affected when the state and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-26 Shahab Ataei , Dipankar Maity , Debdipta Goswami

Model predictive control (MPC) is increasingly being considered for control of fast systems and embedded applications. However, the MPC has some significant challenges for such systems. Its high computational complexity results in high…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Eivind Bøhn , Sebastien Gros , Signe Moe , Tor Arne Johansen

This paper formulates a stochastic optimal control problem for linear networked control systems featuring stochastic packet disordering with a unique stabilizing solution certified. The problem is solved by proposing reinforcement learning…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-13 Wenqian Xue , Yi Jiang , Frank L. Lewis , Bosen Lian

This paper introduces a computationally efficient approach for solving Model Predictive Control (MPC) reference tracking problems with state and control constraints. The approach consists of three key components: First, a log-domain…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-12 Jordan Leung , Frank Permenter , Ilya Kolmanovsky

Learning-based model predictive control (MPC) is an approach designed to reduce the computational cost of MPC. In this paper, a constrained deep neural network (DNN) design is proposed to learn MPC policy for nonlinear systems. Using…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-30 Farshid Asadi

Model predictive control (MPC) is an optimal control technique which involves solving a sequence of constrained optimization problems across a given time horizon. In this paper, we introduce a category theoretic framework for constructing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-12 Tyler Hanks , Baike She , Matthew Hale , Evan Patterson , Matthew Klawonn , James Fairbanks