Fourth-order suboptimality of nominal model predictive control in the presence of uncertainty
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| author | Messerer, Florian Baumgärtner, Katrin Lucia, Sergio Diehl, Moritz |
| author_facet | Messerer, Florian Baumgärtner, Katrin Lucia, Sergio Diehl, Moritz |
| contents | We investigate the suboptimality resulting from the application of nominal model predictive control (MPC) to a nonlinear discrete time stochastic system. The suboptimality is defined with respect to the corresponding stochastic optimal control problem (OCP) that minimizes the expected cost of the closed loop system. In this context, nominal MPC corresponds to a form of certainty-equivalent control (CEC). We prove that, in a smooth and unconstrained setting, the suboptimality growth is of fourth order with respect to the level of uncertainty, a parameter which we can think of as a standard deviation. This implies that the suboptimality does not grow very quickly as the level of uncertainty is increased, providing further insight into the practical success of nominal MPC. Similarly, the difference between the optimal and suboptimal control inputs is of second order. We illustrate the result on a simple numerical example, which we also use to show how the proven relationship may cease to hold in the presence of state constraints. |
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| spellingShingle | Fourth-order suboptimality of nominal model predictive control in the presence of uncertainty Messerer, Florian Baumgärtner, Katrin Lucia, Sergio Diehl, Moritz Optimization and Control We investigate the suboptimality resulting from the application of nominal model predictive control (MPC) to a nonlinear discrete time stochastic system. The suboptimality is defined with respect to the corresponding stochastic optimal control problem (OCP) that minimizes the expected cost of the closed loop system. In this context, nominal MPC corresponds to a form of certainty-equivalent control (CEC). We prove that, in a smooth and unconstrained setting, the suboptimality growth is of fourth order with respect to the level of uncertainty, a parameter which we can think of as a standard deviation. This implies that the suboptimality does not grow very quickly as the level of uncertainty is increased, providing further insight into the practical success of nominal MPC. Similarly, the difference between the optimal and suboptimal control inputs is of second order. We illustrate the result on a simple numerical example, which we also use to show how the proven relationship may cease to hold in the presence of state constraints. |
| title | Fourth-order suboptimality of nominal model predictive control in the presence of uncertainty |
| topic | Optimization and Control |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.04559 |