Enhanced stability regions for model predictive control of nonlinear process systems

AIChE Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1487-1498

  Mahmood, Maaz ^a   Mhaskar, Prashant ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constraints; Nonlinear model predictive control; Null controllable region; Stability region

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

NONLINEAR MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; NULL CONTROLLABLE REGION; STABILITY REGION;

NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 44649168149     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11458     Document Type: Article

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