Mechanical Engineering Journal (Feb 2016)

Receding horizon control for spatiotemporal dynamic systems

  • Tomoaki HASHIMOTO,
  • Ryuta SATOH,
  • Toshiyuki OHTSUKA

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1299/mej.15-00345
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 15-00345 – 15-00345

Abstract

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Receding horizon control is a type of optimal feedback control in which control performance over a finite future is optimized with a performance index that has a moving initial time and terminal time. Spatiotemporal dynamic systems characterized by both spatial and temporal variables often occur in many research fields. In this study, we develop a novel design method of receding horizon control for a generalized class of spatiotemporal dynamic systems. Using the variational principle, we first derive the exact stationary conditions that must be satisfied for a performance index to be optimized. Next, we provide a numerical algorithm to solve the stationary conditions via a finite-dimensional approximation. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by numerical simulations.

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