Off-line approach to dynamic output feedback robust model predictive control

This paper presents an off-line approach to the dynamic output feedback robust model predictive control (OFRMPC) for a system with both polytopic uncertainty and bounded disturbance. For the off-line optimization, a sequence of controller parameters and the corresponding regions of attraction are calculated for all combinations of the pre-specified estimated states and estimation error sets (EESs). These controller parameters and the corresponding regions of attraction are stored in a look-up table. On-line, the controller parameters are searched in this look-up table corresponding to real-time EES, and to the region of attraction with the closest containment of real-time estimated state. This method considerably reduces the on-line computational burden. Two numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the approach. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.