• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.16-23
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• 2011

In this paper, nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) is addressed to develop formation guidance for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles. An NMPC algorithm predicts the behavior of a system over a receding time horizon, and the NMPC generates the optimal control commands for the horizon. The first input command is, then, applied to the system and this procedure repeats at each time step. The input constraint and state constraint for formation flight and inter-collision avoidance are considered in the proposed NMPC framework. The performance of NMPC for formation guidance critically degrades when there exists a communication failure. In order to address this problem, the modified optimal guidance law using only line-of-sight, relative distance, and own motion information is presented. If this information can be measured or estimated, the proposed formation guidance is sustainable with the communication failure. The performance of this approach is validated by numerical simulations.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.17 no.12
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• pp.1183-1187
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• 2011

In this paper, an optimal FIR (Finite-Impulse-Response) filter is proposed for discrete time-varying state-space models. The proposed filter estimates the current state using measured output samples on the recent time horizon so that the variance of the estimation error is minimized. It is designed to be linear, unbiased, with an FIR structure, and is independent of any state information. Due to its FIR structure, the proposed filter is believed to be robust for modeling uncertainty or numerical errors than other IIR filters, such as the Kalman filter. For a general system with system and measurement noise, the proposed filter is derived without any artificial assumptions such as the nonsingular assumption of the system matrix A and any infinite covariance of the initial state. A numerical example show that the proposed FIR filter has better performance than the Kalman filter based on the IIR (Infinite- Impulse-Response) structure when modeling uncertainties exist.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1994.10a
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• pp.173-176
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• 1994

In this paper a closed-form predictive control which takes the intervalwise receding horizon strategy is presented and its stability properties are investigated. A slate-space form output predictor is derived which is composed of the one-step ahead optimal output prediction, input and output data of the system. A set of feedback gains are obtained using the dynamic programming algorithm so that they minimize a multi-stage quadratic cost function and they are used periodically.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.105-113
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• 2006

This work is concerned with the development of digital contouring controller for multi-axial servosystems. Digital optimal contouring controller is proposed to coordinate each of the controllers of multiple feed drives and specifically improve the contouring performance. The optimal control formation includes the contour error explicitly in the performance index to be minimized. The contouring control is exercised for straight line and circular contours. Substantial improvement in contouring performance is obtained for a range of contouring conditions. Both steady state and transient error measures have been considered. The simulation study presented has established the potential of the proposed controller to improve contouring performance.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1992.10b
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• pp.193-196
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• 1992

When there exist parameter uncertainty, modelling errors and nonminimum phase zeros in control object system. the stability robustness of conventional LQG and LOG/LTR methods are not satisfactory[2, 8]. Since these methods are performed on the infinite horizon, it is very hard to establish exact design parameters and thus they have lots of problems to be applied to real systems, So in this paper we propose RHLQG/FIRF optimal controller which has robust stability against parameter uncertainty, nonminimum phase zeros and modelling errors. This method uses only the information around at present and therefore shows good performance even when we do not know exact design parameters. We here compare LQG and LQG/LTR method with RHLQG/FIRF controller and exemplify that RHLQG/FIRF controller has better robust stability performance via simulations.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.14 no.12
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• pp.1212-1217
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• 2008

This paper studies the feasibility of using the nonlinear model predictive control as a formation flight control algorithm for unmanned aerial vehicles. The optimal control inputs for formation flight are calculated through the cost function which incorporates the relative positions of the individual vehicles to maintain a desired formation and also the inequality constraints on inputs and states using the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions. In the nonlinear model predictive control setting, the optimal control inputs are implemented in a receding horizon manner, which is suitable for dealing with dynamic constraints. Numerical simulations are executed for the validation of the proposed scheme.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.295-300
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• 2008

In this paper, a new looper controller is proposed to minimize the tension variation of a strip in the hot strip finishing mill. The proposed control technology is based on a receding horizon control (RHC) to satisfy the constraints on the control input/state variables. The finite terminal weighting matrix is used instead of the terminal equality constraint. The closed loop stability of the RHC for the looper system is analyzed to guarantee the monotonicity of the optimal cost. Furthermore, the RHC is combined with a 4SID(Subspace-based State Space System Identification) model identifier to improve the robustness for the parameter variation and the disturbance of an actuator. As a result, it is shown through a computer simulation that the proposed control scheme satisfies the given constraints on the control inputs and states: roll speed, looper current, unit tension, and looper angle. The control scheme also diminishes the tension variation for the parameter variation and the disturbance as well.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.60-66
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• 1996

Model Based Predictive Control(MBPC) has been widely used in predictive control since 80's. GPC[1] which is the superset of many MBPC strategies a popular method, but GPC has some weakness, such as insufficient stability analysis, non-applicability to internally unstable systems. However, CRHPC[2] proposed in 1991 overcomes the above limitations. So we chose RHPC based on CRHPC for electric furnace control. An electric furnace which has nonlinear properties and large time delay is difficult to control by linear controller because it needs nearly perfect modelling and optimal gain in case of PID. As a result, those controls are very time-consuming. In this paper, we applied RHPC with equality constraint to electric furnace. The reults of experiments also include the case of RHPC with monotonic weighting improving the transient response and including unmodelled dynamics. So, This paper proved the practical aspect of RHPC for real processes.