Explicit MPC for LPV Systems: Stability and Optimality

Abstract

Abstract-This paper considers high-speed control of constrained linear parameter-varying systems using model predictive control. Existing model predictive control schemes for control of constrained linear parameter-varying systems typically require the solution of a semi-definite program at each sampling instance. Recently, variants of explicit model predictive control were proposed for linear parameter-varying systems with polytopic representation, decreasing the online computational effort by orders of magnitude. Depending on the mathematical structure of the underlying system, the constrained finite-time optimal control problem can be solved optimally, or close-to-optimal solutions can be computed. Constraint satisfaction, recursive feasibility and asymptotic stability can be guaranteed a-priori by an appropriate selection of the terminal state constraints and terminal cost. The paper at hand gathers previous developments and provides new material such as a proof for the optimality of the solution, or, in the case of close-to-optimal solutions, a procedure to determine a bound on the suboptimality of the solution.Index Terms-Explicit model predictive control, linear parameter-varying systems, constrained control, optimal control, dynamic programming.

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