Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Xie, Jing, Bonassi, Fabio, Scattolini, Riccardo
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
Subjects:
Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.05607
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1866912201410871296
author Xie, Jing
Bonassi, Fabio
Scattolini, Riccardo
author_facet Xie, Jing
Bonassi, Fabio
Scattolini, Riccardo
contents This paper explores the use of Control Affine Neural Nonlinear AutoRegressive eXogenous (CA-NNARX) models for nonlinear system identification and model-based control design. The idea behind this architecture is to match the known control-affine structure of the system to achieve improved performance. Coherently with recent literature of neural networks for data-driven control, we first analyze the stability properties of CA-NNARX models, devising sufficient conditions for their incremental Input-to-State Stability ($δ$ISS) that can be enforced at the model training stage. The model's stability property is then leveraged to design a stable Internal Model Control (IMC) architecture. The proposed control scheme is tested on a real Quadruple Tank benchmark system to address the output reference tracking problem. The results achieved show that (i) the modeling accuracy of CA-NNARX is superior to the one of a standard NNARX model for given weight size and training epochs, (ii) the proposed IMC law provides performance comparable to the ones of a standard Model Predictive Controller (MPC) at a significantly lower computational burden, and (iii) the $δ$ISS of the model is beneficial to the closed-loop performance.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2402_05607
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle Internal Model Control design for systems learned by Control Affine Neural Nonlinear Autoregressive Exogenous Models
Xie, Jing
Bonassi, Fabio
Scattolini, Riccardo
Systems and Control
This paper explores the use of Control Affine Neural Nonlinear AutoRegressive eXogenous (CA-NNARX) models for nonlinear system identification and model-based control design. The idea behind this architecture is to match the known control-affine structure of the system to achieve improved performance. Coherently with recent literature of neural networks for data-driven control, we first analyze the stability properties of CA-NNARX models, devising sufficient conditions for their incremental Input-to-State Stability ($δ$ISS) that can be enforced at the model training stage. The model's stability property is then leveraged to design a stable Internal Model Control (IMC) architecture. The proposed control scheme is tested on a real Quadruple Tank benchmark system to address the output reference tracking problem. The results achieved show that (i) the modeling accuracy of CA-NNARX is superior to the one of a standard NNARX model for given weight size and training epochs, (ii) the proposed IMC law provides performance comparable to the ones of a standard Model Predictive Controller (MPC) at a significantly lower computational burden, and (iii) the $δ$ISS of the model is beneficial to the closed-loop performance.
title Internal Model Control design for systems learned by Control Affine Neural Nonlinear Autoregressive Exogenous Models
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.05607