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This paper investigates adaptive model predictive control (MPC) for a class of constrained linear systems with unknown model parameters. This is also posed as the dual control problem consisting of system identification and regulation. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-24 Kunwu Zhang , Yang Shi

Tube-based model predictive control (MPC) methods bound deviations from a nominal trajectory due to uncertainties in order to ensure constraint satisfaction. While techniques that compute the tubes online reduce conservativeness and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-21 Jerome Sieber , Andrea Zanelli , Antoine P. Leeman , Samir Bennani , Melanie N. Zeilinger

We present a Model Predictive Control (MPC) strategy for unknown input-affine nonlinear dynamical systems. A non-parametric method is used to estimate the nonlinear dynamics from observed data. The estimated nonlinear dynamics are then…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-12 Dimitris Papadimitriou , Ugo Rosolia , Francesco Borrelli

We propose a robust data-driven model predictive control (MPC) scheme to control linear time-invariant (LTI) systems. The scheme uses an implicit model description based on behavioral systems theory and past measured trajectories. In…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-19 Julian Berberich , Johannes Köhler , Matthias A. Müller , Frank Allgöwer

In this paper we present a framework for risk-sensitive model predictive control (MPC) of linear systems affected by stochastic multiplicative uncertainty. Our key innovation is to consider a time-consistent, dynamic risk evaluation of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-26 Sumeet Singh , Yin-Lam Chow , Anirudha Majumdar , Marco Pavone

In this paper, we revisit the computation of controlled invariant sets for linear discrete-time systems through a trajectory-based viewpoint. We begin by introducing the notion of convex feasible points, which provides a new…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-06 Emmanuel Junior Wafo Wembe , Adnane Saoud

This paper is about robust Model Predictive Control (MPC) for linear systems with additive and multiplicative uncertainty. A novel class of configuration-constrained polytopic robust forward invariant tubes is introduced, which admit a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-29 Mario E. Villanueva , Matthias A. Müller , Boris Houska

This paper presents a time-optimal Model Predictive Control (MPC) scheme for linear discrete-time systems subject to multiplicative uncertainties represented by interval matrices. To render the uncertainty propagation computationally…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-26 Renato Quartullo , Andrea Garulli , Mirko Leomanni

This paper presents a deep learning based model predictive control algorithm for control affine nonlinear discrete time systems with matched and bounded state dependent uncertainties of unknown structure. Since the structure of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-28 Prabhat K. Mishra , Mateus V. Gasparino , Andres E. B. Velsasquez , Girish Chowdhary

The control of constrained systems using model predictive control (MPC) becomes more challenging when full state information is not available and when the nominal system model and measurements are corrupted by noise. Since these conditions…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-19 Joseph Lorenzetti , Marco Pavone

Model Predictive Control (MPC) has shown the great performance of target optimization and constraint satisfaction. However, the heavy computation of the Optimal Control Problem (OCP) at each triggering instant brings the serious delay from…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-03-18 Yu Luo , Mingxuan Jing , Tianying Ji , Fuchun Sun , Huaping Liu

Computing the receding horizon optimal control of nonlinear hybrid systems is typically prohibitively slow, limiting real-time implementation. To address this challenge, we propose a layered Model Predictive Control (MPC) architecture for…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-18 Zachary Olkin , Aaron D. Ames

This paper proposes a Model Predictive Control (MPC) algorithm for target tracking amongst static and dynamic obstacles. Our main contribution lies in improving the computational tractability and reliability of the underlying non-convex…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-12-24 Houman Masnavi , Vivek Adajania , Karl Kruusamae , Arun Kumar Singh

In the realm of control systems, model predictive control (MPC) has exhibited remarkable potential; however, its reliance on accurate models and substantial computational resources has hindered its broader application, especially within…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-14 Amin Vahidi-Moghaddam , Kaian Chen , Kaixiang Zhang , Zhaojian Li , Yan Wang , Kai Wu

We propose a robust nonlinear model predictive control (MPC) scheme for trajectory-tracking control of autonomous vehicles at the limits of handling on non-planar road surfaces. We derive the dynamics from first principles and selectively…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-22 Joscha F. Bongard , Georg Jank , Simon Sagmeister , Boris Lohmann

In this paper we present a framework for risk-averse model predictive control (MPC) of linear systems affected by multiplicative uncertainty. Our key innovation is to consider time-consistent, dynamic risk metrics as objective functions to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-11-24 Yin-Lam Chow , Marco Pavone

Autonomous aerial vehicles necessitate control strategies that balance computational efficiency with robust performance in dynamic operational environments. This paper proposes a model predictive control (MPC) framework for aerial platforms…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-25 Tayyab Manzoor , Yasir Ali , Yuanqing Xia , Lijie You , Yan Wang

Despite great successes, model predictive control (MPC) relies on an accurate dynamical model and requires high onboard computational power, impeding its wider adoption in engineering systems, especially for nonlinear real-time systems with…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-03 Amin Vahidi-Moghaddam , Kaian Chen , Kaixiang Zhang , Zhaojian Li , Yan Wang , Kai Wu

A robust Model Predictive Control (MPC) approach for controlling front steering of an autonomous vehicle is presented in this paper. We present various approaches to increase the robustness of model predictive control by using weight…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-05-23 Che Kun Law , Darshit Dalal , Stephen Shearrow

Model-based policy optimization often struggles with inaccurate system dynamics models, leading to suboptimal closed-loop performance. This challenge is especially evident in Model Predictive Control (MPC) policies, which rely on the model…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-21 Riccardo Zuliani , Efe C. Balta , John Lygeros