A highly nonlinear system controlled by a linear model predictive controller (MPC) may not exhibit a satisfactory dynamic performance. This has led to the development of a number of nonlinear MPC (NMPC) approaches that permit the use of first principles-based nonlinear models. Such models can be accurate over a wide range of operating conditions, but may be difficult to develop for many industr...

In this paper an alternative approach to model predictive control is presented. In traditional MPC a finite horizon open loop optimal control problem is solved in each sampling instance. When uncertainties such as computational delays are present, one can encounter problems. We propose to parametrize the control sequence in each sampling instant in terms of a linear feedback controller, i.e. in...

MBPC is a feedback-control methodology suitable to enforce efficiently hard constraints on the variables of the controlled system. It is shown that the method hinges upon a constrained open-loop optimal control problem along with the adoption of the so-called receding-horizon control strategy. In the important case of time-invariant linear saturated ANCBI systems, MBPC algorithms can be devised...

Model predictive control, MPC, is a model-based control philosophy that select control actions by on-line optimization of objective functions. Design methods based on MPC have found wide acceptance in industrial process control applications, and have been thoroughly studied by the academia. Most of the work so far have relied on linear models of different sophistication because of their advanta...