This article presents a data-driven, control-oriented modelling methodology for urban drainage systems (UDS). The proposed framework requires three main key components: input-output data from the element to be modelled, expert knowledge to define the model structure, and data-fitting techniques to obtain optimal parameters. The methodology is evaluated using a realistic benchmark from an UDS in Madrid, Spain. The results show high model accuracy and improved performance within a MPC scheme, reducing discharge and increasing treatment facilities utilization.
@article{arxiv.2512.11531,
title = {Data-driven control-oriented modelling for MPC-based control of urban drainage systems},
author = {Luis Romero-Ben and Bernat Joseph-Duran and David Sunyer and Gabriela Cembrano and Jordi Meseguer and Vicenç Puig and Alejandro Carrasco},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.11531},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
This work has been submitted to IFAC WC 2026 for review. It has 7 pages and 2 figures