For linear parameter varying (LPV) systems with unknown system states, this article investigates an interval state estimation-based robust model predictive control algorithm. Two interval state estimation approaches, including interval observer systems and zonotope-based box computations, are considered to estimate the upper and lower bounds of system states. The on-line interval estimation error boxes are contained within the scaled and time-varying ellipsoidal robust positively invariant sets. Then, the centers of the state constraint boxes are steered to a region near the origin. When the interval estimation error boxes and the centers of state constraint boxes simultaneously converge to the neighborhood of the origin, the controlled LPV systems are robust stable.
K E Y W O R D Sinterval observer, LPV systems, model predictive control, output feedback, set-membership estimation
INTRODUCTIONRobust model predictive control (RMPC) has the abilities to predict system future behaviors based on process models, and incorporate both system uncertainties and physical constraints in receding horizon optimal control problems. [1][2][3][4][5] In some practical processes, full system states or partial system states are often difficult to measure and exogenous disturbances and/or noises exist. In these situations, output feedback RMPC is often more practical for real processes with unknown system states. For the researches on output feedback RMPC approaches, it is often required to design the state observer system to estimate system true states. Nevertheless, to satisfy robust stability and physical constraints, it is important to obtain time-varying estimation error bounds. Linear parameter varying (LPV) systems, whose characteristics are dependent on scheduling parameters and bounded in prespecified convex sets, are applicable for representing system nonlinearity and uncertainty. 6 Output feedback RMPC approaches for LPV systems with bounded disturbances and/or noises have been extensively studied. The output feedback RMPC in works 7-10 consider that ellipsoidal estimation error sets are time-varying ellipsoidal robust positively invariant 7026