TASAC: A twin-actor reinforcement learning framework with a stochastic policy with an application to batch process control

T Joshi, H Kodamana, H Kandath, N Kaisare - Control Engineering Practice, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to their complex nonlinear dynamics and batch-to-batch variability, batch processes
pose a challenge for process control. Due to the absence of accurate models and resulting …

Batch-to-Batch Adaptive Iterative Learning Control─ Explicit Model Predictive Control Two-Tier Framework for the Control of Batch Transesterification Process

N Gupta, R De, H Kodamana, S Bhartiya - ACS omega, 2022 - ACS Publications
To harness energy security and reduce carbon emissions, humankind is trying to switch
toward renewable energy resources. To this extent, fatty acid methyl esters, also known as …

Estimation-based model predictive control with objective prioritization for mutually exclusive objectives: Application to a power plant

D Beahr, V Saini, D Bhattacharyya, S Seachman… - Journal of Process …, 2024 - Elsevier
This work presents an algorithm for estimation-based model predictive control with objective
prioritization such that distinct objectives may be defined for mutually exclusive operational …

Robust tube-based MPC of constrained piecewise affine systems with bounded additive disturbances

MS Ghasemi, AA Afzalian - Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, 2017 - Elsevier
In this article, we propose a robust tube-based MPC formulation for a class of hybrid
systems, namely autonomously switched PWA systems, with bounded additive disturbances …

State space model predictive control for advanced process operation: a review of recent development, new results, and insight

R Zhang, S Wu, F Gao - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Model predictive control (MPC) has acquired lots of developments and extensive
applications in various industries during the past 40 years. For the early version of basic …

Set-based control for disturbed piecewise affine systems with state and actuation constraints

B Schürmann, R Vignali, M Prandini… - Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid …, 2020 - Elsevier
We address the finite horizon control of a discrete time piecewise affine (PWA) system,
which is affected by an additive bounded disturbance. The goal is to robustly drive the state …

[HTML][HTML] Process control of mAb production using multi-actor proximal policy optimization

N Gupta, S Anand, T Joshi, D Kumar… - Digital Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Monoclonal antibodies (mAb) are biopharmaceutical products that improve human
immunity. In this work, we propose a multi-actor proximal policy optimization-based …

Sim3tanks: a benchmark model simulator for process control and monitoring

AO Farias, GAC Queiroz, IV Bessa… - IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a simulator for the three-tank system process named Sim3Tanks. This
process presents a hybrid and nonlinear behavior and it is subject to different kinds of …

Constraint enforcement via tube-based MPC exploiting switching restrictions

R Lavaei, R Hall, C Danielson… - IEEE Control Systems …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dwell-time restrictions are critical to overcoming infeasibility caused by arbitrary switches in
constrained time-dependent switched systems, especially when the system equilibrium is …

Robust tube-based MPC with enlarging the region of attraction for tracking of switched systems

Y Abbasi, HR Momeni, A Ramezani - Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper addresses a robust tube based model predictive control (RTBMPC) strategy for
tracking problem of piecewise affine (PWA) linear systems. The core idea of the RTBMPC …