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This paper develops a technique for computing a quadratic terminal cost for linear model predictive controllers that is valid for all states in the maximal control invariant set. This maximizes the set of recursively feasible states for the…
Existing results on finite-time model predictive control (MPC) often rely on terminal equality constraint, switching inside one-step region, or terminal cost with short control horizon, leading to limited initial feasibility. This paper…
In this paper, we present a quasi infinite horizon nonlinear model predictive control (MPC) scheme for tracking of generic reference trajectories. This scheme is applicable to nonlinear systems, which are locally incrementally stabilizable.…
We propose a Model Predictive Control (MPC) with a single-step prediction horizon to approximate the solution of infinite horizon optimal control problems with the expected sum of convex stage costs for constrained linear uncertain systems.…
In this paper, we provide a stability and performance analysis of model predictive control (MPC) schemes based on finite-tail costs. We study the MPC formulation originally proposed by Magni et al. (2001) wherein the standard terminal…
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…
Model predictive control (MPC) schemes are commonly designed with fixed, i.e., time-invariant, horizon length and cost functions. If no stabilizing terminal ingredients are used, stability can be guaranteed via a sufficiently long horizon.…
We study unconstrained and constrained linear quadratic problems and investigate the suboptimality of the model predictive control (MPC) method applied to such problems. Considering MPC as an approximate scheme for solving the related fixed…
Model Predictive Control (MPC) is a widely known control method that has proved to be particularly effective in multivariable and constrained control. Closed-loop stability and recursive feasibility can be guaranteed by employing accurate…
Stability under model predictive control (MPC) schemes is frequently ensured by terminal ingredients. Employing a (control) Lyapunov function as the terminal cost constitutes a common choice. Learning-based methods may be used to construct…
This paper presents a stabilizing tube-based MPC synthesis for LPV systems. We employ terminal constraint sets which are required to be controlled periodically contractive. Periodically (or finite-step) contractive sets are easier to…
This paper presents a complementary approach to establish stability of finite receding horizon control with a terminal cost. First a new augmented stage cost is defined by rotating the terminal cost. Then a one-step optimisation problem is…
This paper presents a novel distributed model predictive control (MPC) formulation without terminal cost and a corresponding distributed synthesis approach for distributed linear discrete-time systems with coupled constraints. The proposed…
Asymptotic stability in receding horizon control is obtained under a strict pre-dissipativity assumption, in the presence of suitable state constraints. In this paper we analyze how terminal constraints can be replaced by suitable terminal…
This paper proposes an iterative distributionally robust model predictive control (MPC) scheme to solve a risk-constrained infinite-horizon optimal control problem. In each iteration, the algorithm generates a trajectory from the starting…
We present a model predictive control (MPC) scheme to control linear time-invariant systems using only measured input-output data and no model knowledge. The scheme includes a terminal cost and a terminal set constraint on an extended state…
Ensuring nominal asymptotic stability of the Non-linear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) controller is not trivial. Stabilizing ingredients such as terminal penalty term and terminal region are crucial in establishing the asymptotic…
We consider the problem of robust and adaptive model predictive control (MPC) of a linear system, with unknown parameters that are learned along the way (adaptive), in a critical setting where failures must be prevented (robust). This…
This paper proposes a differentiable linear quadratic Model Predictive Control (MPC) framework for safe imitation learning. The infinite-horizon cost is enforced using a terminal cost function obtained from the discrete-time algebraic…
In this note, a new formulation of Model Predictive Control (MPC) framework with no stability-related terminal constraint is proposed and its stability is proved under mild standard assumptions. The novelty in the formulation lies in the…