Coupling optimization algorithms and monotone control systems: Suboptimal model predictive control as an operator splitting scheme

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Main Authors: Preuster, Till, Gernandt, Hannes, Schaller, Manuel
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author Preuster, Till
Gernandt, Hannes
Schaller, Manuel
author_facet Preuster, Till
Gernandt, Hannes
Schaller, Manuel
contents We propose a framework for suboptimal model predictive control (MPC) based on the interconnection of monotone dynamical systems, such as port-Hamiltonian systems. In contrast to classical MPC formulations, where the optimizer is treated as an instantaneous mapping, we model both the plant and the optimizer as dynamical systems and couple them through a structured interconnection. This leads to a continuous-time closed-loop formulation governed by (quasi-)monotone operators. Within this setting, we establish well-posedness of the coupled optimizer-plant dynamics and provide a unified interpretation of suboptimal MPC schemes. In particular, we reveal a direct connection between iterative optimization algorithms and dynamical control systems theory by showing that standard suboptimal MPC algorithms can be understood as time discretizations of the underlying continuous-time dynamics via operator splitting methods.
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spellingShingle Coupling optimization algorithms and monotone control systems: Suboptimal model predictive control as an operator splitting scheme
Preuster, Till
Gernandt, Hannes
Schaller, Manuel
Optimization and Control
93D15, 93B45, 65M12
We propose a framework for suboptimal model predictive control (MPC) based on the interconnection of monotone dynamical systems, such as port-Hamiltonian systems. In contrast to classical MPC formulations, where the optimizer is treated as an instantaneous mapping, we model both the plant and the optimizer as dynamical systems and couple them through a structured interconnection. This leads to a continuous-time closed-loop formulation governed by (quasi-)monotone operators. Within this setting, we establish well-posedness of the coupled optimizer-plant dynamics and provide a unified interpretation of suboptimal MPC schemes. In particular, we reveal a direct connection between iterative optimization algorithms and dynamical control systems theory by showing that standard suboptimal MPC algorithms can be understood as time discretizations of the underlying continuous-time dynamics via operator splitting methods.
title Coupling optimization algorithms and monotone control systems: Suboptimal model predictive control as an operator splitting scheme
topic Optimization and Control
93D15, 93B45, 65M12
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.23581