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Area of Science:

  • Control Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence

Background:

  • Active suspension systems require balancing performance and computational efficiency.
  • Existing control methods may struggle with complex vehicle dynamics and real-time constraints.
  • Multi-objective optimization is crucial for vehicle safety, comfort, and handling.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a fast distributed model predictive control (DMPC) method for active suspension systems.
  • To improve computational efficiency while maintaining multi-objective optimization performance.
  • To enhance vehicle dynamics control, including vertical, pitch, and roll accelerations.

Main Methods:

  • A seven-degrees-of-freedom vehicle model was created and reduced using graph theory.
  • A multi-agent-based DMPC strategy was designed for the active suspension system.
  • A radical basis function (RBF) neural network was employed to solve the rolling optimization partial differential equation.

Main Results:

  • The proposed DMPC method significantly reduced vertical, pitch, and roll accelerations of the vehicle body.
  • The RBF neural network improved computational efficiency without compromising multi-objective optimization.
  • Simulations in CarSim and Matlab/Simulink validated the effectiveness of the control system.

Conclusions:

  • The fast multi-agent DMPC offers an efficient solution for active suspension control.
  • The method successfully balances performance and computational efficiency for active suspension systems.
  • The approach enhances vehicle safety, comfort, and handling stability, particularly under steering conditions.