Recursive feasibility for stochastic MPC and the rationale behind fixing flat tires

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Main Authors: Fiacchini, Mirko, Mammarella, Martina, Dabbene, Fabrizio
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author Fiacchini, Mirko
Mammarella, Martina
Dabbene, Fabrizio
author_facet Fiacchini, Mirko
Mammarella, Martina
Dabbene, Fabrizio
contents In this paper, we address the problem of designing stochastic model predictive control (SMPC) schemes for linear systems affected by unbounded disturbances. The contribution of the paper is rooted in a measured-state initialization strategy. First, due to the nonzero probability of violating chance-constraints in the case of unbounded noise, we introduce ellipsoidal-based probabilistic reachable sets and we include constraint relaxations to recover recursive feasibility conditioned to the measured state. Second, we prove that the solution of this novel SMPC scheme guarantees closed-loop chance constraints satisfaction under minimum relaxation. Last, we demonstrate that, in expectation, the need of relaxing the constraints vanishes over time, which leads the closed-loop trajectories steered towards the unconstrained LQR invariant region. This novel SMPC scheme is proven to satisfy the recursive feasibility conditioned to the state realization, and its superiority with respect to open-loop initialization schemes is shown through numerical examples.
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spellingShingle Recursive feasibility for stochastic MPC and the rationale behind fixing flat tires
Fiacchini, Mirko
Mammarella, Martina
Dabbene, Fabrizio
Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
In this paper, we address the problem of designing stochastic model predictive control (SMPC) schemes for linear systems affected by unbounded disturbances. The contribution of the paper is rooted in a measured-state initialization strategy. First, due to the nonzero probability of violating chance-constraints in the case of unbounded noise, we introduce ellipsoidal-based probabilistic reachable sets and we include constraint relaxations to recover recursive feasibility conditioned to the measured state. Second, we prove that the solution of this novel SMPC scheme guarantees closed-loop chance constraints satisfaction under minimum relaxation. Last, we demonstrate that, in expectation, the need of relaxing the constraints vanishes over time, which leads the closed-loop trajectories steered towards the unconstrained LQR invariant region. This novel SMPC scheme is proven to satisfy the recursive feasibility conditioned to the state realization, and its superiority with respect to open-loop initialization schemes is shown through numerical examples.
title Recursive feasibility for stochastic MPC and the rationale behind fixing flat tires
topic Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.17718