Stabilizing model predictive control for constrained nonlinear distributed delay systems
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R Mahboobi Esfanjani1, S K Y Nikravesh
1Electrical Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, 424 Hafez Ave., Tehran, Iran. rmahboobi@aut.ac.ir
Abstract:
In this paper, a model predictive control scheme with guaranteed closed-loop asymptotic stability is proposed for a class of constrained nonlinear time-delay systems with discrete and distributed delays. A suitable terminal cost functional and also an appropriate terminal region are utilized to achieve asymptotic stability. To determine the terminal cost, a locally asymptotically stabilizing controller is designed and an appropriate Lyapunov-Krasoskii functional of the locally stabilized system is employed as the terminal cost. Furthermore, an invariant set for locally stabilized system which is established by using the Razumikhin Theorem is used as the terminal region. Simple conditions are derived to obtain terminal cost and terminal region in terms of Bilinear Matrix Inequalities. The method is illustrated by a numerical example.
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