title: On simplified predictive control as a generalization of least-squares dynamic matrix control.
abstract: Simplified predictive control (SPC) of a single-input single-output control scheme is compared to the more sophisticated, least-squares formulation of dynamic matrix control (DMC) and its move-suppressed variant (move-suppressed DMC) for a typical two time-step control horizon. A closed-loop, continuous analysis shows that the discrete form of SPC generalizes the discrete DMC algorithm, and its variants, to control responses faster than one-half the process response time while remaining well conditioned.
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering Mathematics, Dalhousie University, PO Box 1000, Halifax, NS, Canada, B3J 2X4.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Kember
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dubay
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Mansour