Embedded optimization methods for industrial automatic control

HJ Ferreau, S Almér, R Verschueren, M Diehl, D Frick… - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2017 - Elsevier
Starting in the late 1970s, optimization-based control has built up an impressive track record
of successful industrial applications, in particular in the petrochemical and process …

On multi-parametric programming and its applications in process systems engineering

R Oberdieck, NA Diangelakis, I Nascu… - … research and design, 2016 - Elsevier
In multi-parametric programming, an optimization problem is solved for a range and as a
function of multiple parameters. In this review, we discuss the main developments of multi …

A neural network architecture to learn explicit MPC controllers from data

ET Maddalena, CGS Moraes, G Waltrich, CN Jones - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2020 - Elsevier
We present a methodology to learn explicit Model Predictive Control (eMPC) laws from
sample data points with tunable complexity. The learning process is cast in a special Neural …

Performance evaluation of the fast model predictive control scheme on a CO2 capture plant through absorption/stripping system

T Sultan, H Zabiri, M Shahbaz, AS Maulud - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Classical Model Predictive Control (CMPC) has the drawback of slow response
in complex dynamic systems. In this work, the Fast Model Predictive Control (FMPC), which …

[PDF][PDF] Time-optimal nonlinear model predictive control

C Rösmann - 2019 - eldorado.tu-dortmund.de
This thesis was written during my work at the Institute of Control Theory and Systems
Engineering of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the …

Online constraint removal: Accelerating MPC with a Lyapunov function

M Jost, G Pannocchia, M Mönnigmann - Automatica, 2015 - Elsevier
We show how to use a Lyapunov function to accelerate MPC for linear discrete-time systems
with linear constraints and quadratic cost. Our method predicts, in the current time step …

Parallel implementations of the fast gradient method for high-speed MPC

H Peyrl, A Zanarini, T Besselmann, J Liu… - Control Engineering …, 2014 - Elsevier
The potential of the fast gradient method for solving linear quadratic model predictive control
(MPC) problems in the sub-millisecond range was only recently recognised by Richter et al …

High-speed and low-cost implementation of explicit model predictive controllers

A Gersnoviez, M Brox, I Baturone - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new form of piecewise-affine (PWA) solution, referred to as PWA
hierarchical (PWAH), to approximate the explicit model predictive control (MPC) law …

The integration of explicit MPC and ReLU based neural networks

J Katz, I Pappas, S Avraamidou, EN Pistikopoulos - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2020 - Elsevier
Using neural networks to capture complex dynamics of highly nonlinear systems is a
promising feature for advanced control applications. Recently it has been shown that ReLU …

Fast FPGA prototyping toolbox for embedded optimization

A Suardi, EC Kerrigan… - 2015 European Control …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Traditionally compute-intensive optimisation algorithms have been implemented on CPU
based machines, primarily in order to reduce development time, but sacrificing computing …