Model predictive control in aerospace systems: Current state and opportunities

U Eren, A Prach, BB Koçer, SV Raković… - Journal of Guidance …, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
CONTROLLER design is more troublesome in aerospace systems due to, inter alia, diversity
of mission platforms, convoluted nonlinear dynamics, predominantly strict mission and …

Recent advances in quadratic programming algorithms for nonlinear model predictive control

D Kouzoupis, G Frison, A Zanelli, M Diehl - Vietnam Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Over the past decades, the advantages of optimization-based control techniques over
conventional controllers inspired developments that enabled the use of model predictive …

acados—a modular open-source framework for fast embedded optimal control

R Verschueren, G Frison, D Kouzoupis, J Frey… - Mathematical …, 2022 - Springer
This paper presents the acados software package, a collection of solvers for fast embedded
optimization intended for fast embedded applications. Its interfaces to higher-level …

Efficient representation and approximation of model predictive control laws via deep learning

B Karg, S Lucia - IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We show that artificial neural networks with rectifier units as activation functions can exactly
represent the piecewise affine function that results from the formulation of model predictive …

Towards longitudinal and lateral coupling control of autonomous vehicles using offset free MPC

L Ge, Y Zhao, F Ma, K Guo - Control Engineering Practice, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Model predictive control (MPC) is widely used in the motion control of autonomous
vehicles. However, the conventional MPC relies on an accurate model and cannot achieve …

Coordinated longitudinal and lateral motion control for four wheel independent motor-drive electric vehicle

H Zhou, F Jia, H Jing, Z Liu… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For four wheel independent motor-drive electric vehicle, the vehicle longitudinal and lateral
motion can be controlled by distributing the driving and regenerative braking torques of four …

OpEn: Code generation for embedded nonconvex optimization

P Sopasakis, E Fresk, P Patrinos - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract We present Optimization Engine (OpEn): an open-source code generation
framework for real-time embedded nonconvex optimization, which implements a novel …

Optimized FPGA implementation of model predictive control for embedded systems using high-level synthesis tool

S Lucia, D Navarro, O Lucia, P Zometa… - IEEE transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Model predictive control (MPC) is an optimization-based strategy for high-performance
control that is attracting increasing interest. While MPC requires the online solution of an …

qpSWIFT: A real-time sparse quadratic program solver for robotic applications

AG Pandala, Y Ding, HW Park - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we present qpSWIFT, a real-time quadratic program (QP) solver. Motivated by
the need for a robust embedded QP solver in robotic applications, qpSWIFT employs …

Towards a modular software package for embedded optimization

R Verschueren, G Frison, D Kouzoupis… - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper we present acados, a new software package for model predictive control. It
provides a collection of embedded optimization algorithms written in C, with a strong focus …