This dissertation has been completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the dutch institute of systems and control (disc) for graduate study. Acknowledgments This thesis is the result of four years of research carried out at the Delft Center of Systems and Control (DCSC) of the Delft University of Technology. Looking back to these years, I feel deeply indebted to several people who h...

A batch-to-batch model-based iterative learning control (ILC) strategy for the end-point product quality control in batch processes is proposed in this paper. A nonlinear model for end-point product quality is developed from process operating data using kernel principal component regression (KPCR). The ILC algorithm is derived to calculate the control policy by linearizing the KPCR model around...