Nonlinear MPC for Feedback-Interconnected Systems: a Suboptimal and Reduced-Order Model Approach

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Auteurs principaux: Di Gregorio, Stefano, Carnevale, Guido, Notarstefano, Giuseppe
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author Di Gregorio, Stefano
Carnevale, Guido
Notarstefano, Giuseppe
author_facet Di Gregorio, Stefano
Carnevale, Guido
Notarstefano, Giuseppe
contents In this paper, we propose a suboptimal and reduced-order Model Predictive Control (MPC) architecture for discrete-time feedback-interconnected systems. The numerical MPC solver: (i) acts suboptimally, performing only a finite number of optimization iterations at each sampling instant, and (ii) relies only on a reduced-order model that neglects part of the system dynamics, either due to unmodeled effects or the presence of a low-level compensator. We prove that the closed-loop system resulting from the interconnection of the suboptimal and reduced-order MPC optimizer with the full-order plant has a globally exponentially stable equilibrium point. Specifically, we employ timescale separation arguments to characterize the interaction between the components of the feedback-interconnected system. The analysis relies on an appropriately tuned timescale parameter accounting for how fast the system dynamics are sampled. The theoretical results are validated through numerical simulations on a mechatronic system consisting of a pendulum actuated by a DC motor.
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spellingShingle Nonlinear MPC for Feedback-Interconnected Systems: a Suboptimal and Reduced-Order Model Approach
Di Gregorio, Stefano
Carnevale, Guido
Notarstefano, Giuseppe
Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
In this paper, we propose a suboptimal and reduced-order Model Predictive Control (MPC) architecture for discrete-time feedback-interconnected systems. The numerical MPC solver: (i) acts suboptimally, performing only a finite number of optimization iterations at each sampling instant, and (ii) relies only on a reduced-order model that neglects part of the system dynamics, either due to unmodeled effects or the presence of a low-level compensator. We prove that the closed-loop system resulting from the interconnection of the suboptimal and reduced-order MPC optimizer with the full-order plant has a globally exponentially stable equilibrium point. Specifically, we employ timescale separation arguments to characterize the interaction between the components of the feedback-interconnected system. The analysis relies on an appropriately tuned timescale parameter accounting for how fast the system dynamics are sampled. The theoretical results are validated through numerical simulations on a mechatronic system consisting of a pendulum actuated by a DC motor.
title Nonlinear MPC for Feedback-Interconnected Systems: a Suboptimal and Reduced-Order Model Approach
topic Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.19336