The use of convex programming on fuzzy model based predictive control

Abstract

Some key ideas about the use of fuzzy models in predictive control are presented. The discussion is extended to the use of interior point methods to solve the optimization problem in predictive control problems. The use of interior point methods opens the door to the formulation of robust optimization problems and by using this formulation a robust model predictive control strategy can be formulated. The paper shows such a formulation and explains how the Takagi-Sugeno description of a fuzzy model can be very efficient to formulate the uncertainties.