A First Course in Predictive Control

Dr. Rossiter has been researching predictive control since the late 1980s, and he has published over 300 articles in journals and conferences on the topic. His particular contributions have focused on stability, feasibility and computational simplicity. He also has a parallel interest in developing good practice in university education. He has a Bachelor’s degree and a doctorate from the University of Oxford. He spent 9 years as a Lecturer at Loughborough University, and he is currently a Reader at the University of Sheffield.

Introduction and the industrial need for predictive control. Prediction in model predictive control. Predictive functional control. Predictive control – the basic algorithm. Tuning GPC: good and bad choices of the horizons. Dual mode MPC (OMPC and SOMPC) and stability guarantees. Constraint handling in GPC/finite horizon predictive control. Constraint handling in dual mode predictive control. Conclusions. Appendix A: Tutorial and exam questions and case studies. Appendix B: Further reading. Appendix C: Notation, models and useful background.