HD-MPC - Hierarchical and Distributed Model Predictive Control of Large-Scale Systems

The main objective of the project is therefore to develop new and efficient methods and algorithms for distributed and hierarchical model-based predictive control of large-scale, complex, networked systems with embedded controllers, and to validate them in several significant applications. We will design these methods to be much more robust than existing methods in the presence of large disturbances, and component, subsystem, or network failures, with a performance approaching that of a fully centralised methodology. The resulting control methods can be applied in a wide range of application fields such as power generation and transmission networks, chemical process plants, manufacturing systems, road networks, railway networks, flood and water management systems, and large-scale logistic systems.

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