A Distributed Optimization-Based Approach for Hierarchical Model Predictive Control of Large-Scale Systems with Coupled Dynamics and Constraints: Extended Report

Reference

M.D. Doan, T. Keviczky, and B. De Schutter, "A Distributed Optimization-Based Approach for Hierarchical Model Predictive Control of Large-Scale Systems with Coupled Dynamics and Constraints: Extended Report," Tech. report 11-039, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 8 pp., Aug. 2011. A short version of this paper has been published in the Proceedings of the 2011 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference (CDC-ECC), Orlando, Florida, pp. 5236-5241, Dec. 2011.

Abstract

We present a hierarchical model predictive control approach for large-scale systems based on dual decomposition. The proposed scheme allows coupling in both dynamics and constraints between the subsystems and generates a primal feasible solution within a finite number of iterations, using primal averaging and a constraint tightening approach. The primal update is performed in a distributed way and does not require exact solutions, while the dual problem uses an approximate subgradient method. Stability of the scheme is established using bounded suboptimality.

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Original paper

M.D. Doan, T. Keviczky, and B. De Schutter, "A Distributed Optimization-Based Approach for Hierarchical MPC of Large-Scale Systems with Coupled Dynamics and Constraints," Proceedings of the 2011 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference (CDC-ECC), Orlando, Florida, pp. 5236-5241, Dec. 2011. (abstract, bibtex, tech. report (pdf))

Bibtex entry

@techreport{DoaKev:11-039a,
author={M.D. Doan and T. Keviczky and B. {D}e Schutter},
title={A Distributed Optimization-Based Approach for Hierarchical Model Predictive Control of Large-Scale Systems with Coupled Dynamics and Constraints: Extended Report},
number={11-039},
institution={Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology},
address={Delft, The Netherlands},
month=aug,
year={2011},
note={A short version of this paper has been published in the \emph{Proceedings of the 2011 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference (CDC-ECC)}, Orlando, Florida, pp.\ 5236--5241, Dec.\ 2011}
}

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