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This paper presents a distributed model predictive control (DMPC) scheme for nonlinear continuous-time systems. The underlying distributed optimal control problem is cooperatively solved in parallel via a sensitivity-based algorithm. The…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-06 Maximilian Pierer von Esch , Andreas Völz , Knut Graichen

This paper is concerned with the design of cooperative distributed Model Predictive Control (MPC) for linear systems. Motivated by the special structure of the distributed models in some existing literature, we propose to apply a state…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-06-20 He Kong , Stefano Longo , Gabriele Pannocchia , Efstathios Siampis , Lilantha Samaranayake

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

A conventional way to handle model predictive control (MPC) problems distributedly is to solve them via dual decomposition and gradient ascent. However, at each time-step, it might not be feasible to wait for the dual algorithm to converge.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-13 Farhad Farokhi , Iman Shames , Karl H. Johansson

The implementation of optimization-based motion coordination approaches in real world multi-agent systems remains challenging due to their high computational complexity and potential deadlocks. This paper presents a distributed model…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-06-03 Hongyu Zhou , Changliu Liu

Multiple fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (multi-UAVs) encounter significant challenges in cooperative path following over complex Digital Elevation Model (DEM) low-altitude airspace, including wind field disturbances, sudden obstacles,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Zimao Sheng , Zirui Yu , Hong'an Yang

Cooperative Distributed Model Predictive Control (DiMPC) architecture employs local MPC controllers to control different subsystems, exchanging information with each other through an iterative procedure to enhance overall control…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-03 Radhe S. T. Saini , Parth R. Brahmbhatt , Styliani Avraamidou , Hari S. Ganesh

To provide robustness of distributed model predictive control (DMPC), this work proposes a robust DMPC formulation for discrete-time linear systems subject to unknown-but-bounded disturbances. Taking advantage of the structure of certain…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-10 Ye Wang , Chris Manzie

This paper addresses the design of an optimization-based cooperative path-following control law for multiple robotic vehicles that optimally balances the transient trade-off between coordination and path-following errors. To this end, we…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-22 Andrea Alessandretti , A. Pedro Aguiar

We propose a stochastic model predictive control (MPC) framework for linear systems subject to joint-in-time chance constraints under unknown disturbance distributions. Unlike existing approaches that rely on parametric or Gaussian…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-21 Lukas Vogel , Andrea Carron , Eleftherios E. Vlahakis , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

Time-varying coverage control addresses the challenge of coordinating multiple agents covering an environment where regions of interest change over time. This problem has broad applications, including the deployment of autonomous taxis and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-03 Patrick Benito Eberhard , Johannes Köhler , Oliver Hüsser , Melanie N. Zeilinger , Andrea Carron

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

The novel idea presented in this paper is to interweave distributed model predictive control with a reliable scheduling of the information that is interchanged between local controllers of the plant subsystems. To this end, a dynamic model…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-09-17 Jannik Hahn , Richard Schoeffauer , Gerhard Wunder , Olaf Stursberg

We propose a data-driven tracking model predictive control (MPC) scheme to control unknown discrete-time linear time-invariant systems. The scheme uses a purely data-driven system parametrization to predict future trajectories based on…

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

This paper presents a distributed learning model predictive control (DLMPC) scheme for distributed linear time invariant systems with coupled dynamics and state constraints. The proposed solution method is based on an online distributed…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-25 Yvonne R. Stürz , Edward L. Zhu , Ugo Rosolia , Karl H. Johansson , Francesco Borrelli

Time distributed optimization is an implementation strategy that can significantly reduce the computational burden of model predictive control by exploiting its robustness to incomplete optimization. When using this strategy, optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-14 Dominic Liao-McPherson , Marco Nicotra , Ilya Kolmanovsky

This paper presents a distributed model predictive control (DMPC) algorithm for a heterogeneous platoon using arbitrary communication topologies, provided each vehicle can communicate with a preceding vehicle in the platoon. The proposed…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-07-23 Michael H. Shaham , Taskin Padir

The increasing presence of large-scale distributed systems highlights the need for scalable control strategies where only local communication is required. Moreover, in safety-critical systems it is imperative that such control strategies…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-16 Carmen Amo Alonso , Jing Shuang Li , James Anderson , Nikolai Matni

The modular open-source framework GRAMPC-D for model predictive control of distributed systems is presented in this paper. The modular concept allows to solve optimal control problems (OCP) in a centralized and distributed fashion using the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-26 Daniel Burk , Andreas Völz , Knut Graichen

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