Switching Predictive Control: Controller Design and Simulations

Abstract

In this paper we will consider one class of switching controllers. Such control strategy is a mix of continuous dynamics and discrete events philosophy. Here we consider a finite set of the model predictive controllers (MPC) which are the only advanced control technique to have had a significant and wide spread impact on industrial process control. There are several advantages for wide acceptance of MPC: guaranteed stability, constraints handling and easy extension to multivariable and nonlinear systems. In this paper we add else one important property: significantly increasing of the transient performance using switching control strategy. Also, illustrative example is presented.