Economic model predictive control without terminal constraints for optimal periodic behavior

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Müller, Matthias A. ; Grüne, Lars:
Economic model predictive control without terminal constraints for optimal periodic behavior.
In: Automatica. Vol. 70 (2016) . - pp. 128-139.
ISSN 1873-2836
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2016.03.024

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In this paper, we analyze economic model predictive control schemes without terminal constraints, where the optimal operating regime is not steady-state operation, but periodic behavior. We first show by means of two counterexamples, that a classical receding horizon control scheme does not necessarily result in an optimal closed-loop behavior. Instead, a multi-step MPC scheme may be needed in order to establish near optimal performance of the closed-loop system. This behavior is analyzed in detail, and we show that under suitable dissipativity and controllability conditions, desired closed-loop performance guarantees as well as convergence to the optimal periodic orbit can be established.