Output feedback MPC based on smoothed projected kinky inference

Abstract

In this study, the authors propose a stabilising data-based model predictive controller for systems subject to constraints in which the prediction model is inferred from experimental data of the plant using a machine learning technique. The inference method is a modification of the kinky inference tailored for model predictive control. In particular, the modified method has a lower computational effort and provides smoother predictions than the original method. The controller formulation considers soft constraints in the outputs, hard constraints in the inputs and guarantees closed-loop robust stability as well as performance by means of the use of different control and prediction horizons and a weighted terminal cost. Under the assumption that the model of the system is Hölder continuous, they prove that the closed-loop system is input-to-state stable with respect to the estimation errors. The results are demonstrated in a case study of a continuously stirred-tank reactor.