Output shaping by means of output constraints in continuous-time predictive control

Authors:	Yavuzyılmaz Çağatay, Hacettepe University, Turkey Demircioğlu Hüseyin, Hacettepe University, Turkey
Topic:	2.4 Optimal Control
Session:	Control Applications of Optimization
Keywords:	output constraints, optimization, continuous-time predictive control, quadratic programming.

Abstract

In many control applications, it is expected that the system output tracks a desired reference signal. This paper describes a new approach in which the tracking problem is formulated as an output shaping problem. The approach uses the framework of predictive control and imposes the desired reference signal as a constraint on the output. Some simulation results are also given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.