title: Design of a robust model predictive controller with reduced computational complexity.
abstract: The practicality of robust model predictive control of systems with model uncertainties depends on the time consumed for solving a defined optimization problem. This paper presents a method for the computational complexity reduction in a robust model predictive control. First a scaled state vector is defined such that the objective function contours in the defined optimization problem become vertical or horizontal ellipses or circles, and then the control input is determined at each sampling time as a state feedback that minimizes the infinite horizon objective function by solving some linear matrix inequalities. The simulation results show that the number of iterations to solve the problem at each sampling interval is reduced while the control performance does not alter noticeably.
authors.affiliation: Electrical Engineering Department, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Razi
authors.affiliation: Advanced Control Systems Lab, Electrical Engineering Department, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 11155-4363, Iran. Electronic address: haeri@sina.sharif.edu.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haeri
keywords: Computational complexity; Constraints; Linear matrix inequality; Model predictive control; Optimization; Robustness