This paper presents the design of a predictive controller for completely decentralized control
of delivery canals in irrigation systems. Delivery canals present strict physical limitations in …

This paper presents the design of a predictive controller for decentralized control of an
irrigation canal. The overall canal is decomposed into N subsystems (reaches) separated by …

A constrained predictive controller has been developed for the decentralized automatic
control of a multi-reach irrigation canals. The controller has been designed to regulate the …

Optimization techniques have played a fundamental role in designing automatic control
systems for the most part of the past half century. This dependence is ever more obvious in …

Presents the design of a predictive controller for decentralized control of an irrigation
delivery canal. The overall canal is decomposed into single subsystems (pools) separated …

Water delivery systems usually work in continuous way based on some prescribed flow
conditions and user's needs. However there are situations in which abrupt changes in the …

Irrigation canals are large-scale systems, consisting of many interacting components, and
spanning vast geographical areas. For safe and efficient operation of these canals …

This paper presents a digital control scheme for water level regulation in irrigation canals.
The scheme considers a prototype canal composed by a series of pools connected with …

This paper presents the application of a distributed model predictive controller (DMPC) to
the control of an accurate model of an actual irrigation canal in Spain. The canal is modeled …

Predictive control is one of the most commonly used control methods in a variety of
application areas, including hydraulic processes such as water distribution canals for …